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Peer reviewedFlannery, Daniele D. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1993
Analytical thinkers process information sequentially, use induction and abstraction, and are objective. Global thinkers process simultaneously and are deductive, concrete, and subjective. The challenge is to match teaching to learners' strengths. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style
