Adult learning in the United States continues to evolve as colleges, universities, and professional programs adapt to the ...

In the Penn study, visual and verbal cognitive styles were measured in 18 subjects by a self-report exam called the Verbalizer–Visualizer Questionnaire. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, a ...

One of the clichés I hear all the time in defense of slides, or in support of adding something visual to a presentation, is the claim that “I’m a visual learner.” Back in the last century, a bit of ...

Everyone learns differently. Some people retain information best by hearing (auditory learners), some by seeing (visual learners), and some by doing (tactile learners). And sometimes people fall into ...

Adults are quickly taking over a larger and larger part of the student population at colleges and universities–and understanding adult learners is key to institutional success. The idea of the ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of Teaching the Adult Learner: Practical Strategies for Higher Ed Success, a six-part series exploring how colleges can better support nontraditional students.