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Bonham, Adrianne – Lifelong Learning, 1988
The author evaluates four learning style instruments, makes suggestions to minimize weaknesses, and offers general suggestions for using style information. The instruments discussed are the Group Embedded Figures Test, Hill Cognitive Style Inventory, Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and the Canfield Learning Styles Inventory. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Measures (Individuals), Test Reviews
Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia N. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1982
Cognitive styles characterize individuals' personalities as well as their social and cognitive functioning. An assessment of cognitive style can present another dimension of individual differences in children as the basis for planning and evaluating early childhood programs. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Evaluation Needs, Learning Processes
Browne, Dauna B. – 1986
This paper summarizes research on learning styles, then examines the cognitive style of Native American primary school students. Five theories of cognitive style (Dunn and Dunn, Gregorc, Kagan, Witkin, and Cohen) are examined along with the test instruments these theories have fostered. A sixth concept of cognitive style, brain hemispheric…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Early Childhood Education
