One problem was that pedagogy was premised on a conception of the purpose of education–namely, the transmittal of knowledge and skills that had stood the rest of time–that adult learners seemed to sense was insufficient. Accordingly, their teacher found them to be resistant frequently to the strategies that pedagogy prescribed, including fact-laden lectures, assigned readings, drill, quizzes, rote memorizing, and examinations. Adults appeared to want something more than this, and drop-out rates were high.