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Are the adult-learner characteristics identified by Knowles and others appropriate for the millennial generation of learners? Please support the position with at least one outside source.

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I do feel that the adult-learner characteristics identified by Knowles and others are appropriate for the millennial generation of learners. Since he was such a big advocate in the area of self-directed learning, I feel that this ...

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