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The Effects of Learners' Differences on Variable Manipulation Behaviors in Simulation-Based Learning
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Liew, Tze Wei; Tan, Su-Mae; Seydali, Rouzbeh – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The present study examined the relationship among learners' differences, behaviors in manipulating variables, and learning achievements in a simulation-based program that supports discovery learning in the subject of C-programming algorithm. Participants (n = 66) took the Group Embedded Figures Test, Action Control Scale, and Computer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Student Behavior
Embodied Agent in Tutor Role: Effects on Field Dependent and Independent Low Achiever's Retention and Perceived Science Self-Efficacy Beliefs
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Govindasamy, Malliga K. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2013
This study was designed to examine whether embodied agent integrated with the pedagogical approach of learning by asking questions impacts lower academic ability students' perceived science self-efficacy beliefs, immediate and delayed retention and whether the students' cognitive styles interact with the treatment condition in the outcome…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Energy, Retention (Psychology)
Recasts, Field Dependence/Independence Cognitive Style, and L2 Development
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Rassaei, Ehsan – Language Teaching Research, 2015
While previous research has indicated that learners with field-dependence (FD) and field-independence (FI) cognitive styles benefit differentially from different instructional modes, previous corrective feedback studies have ignored the issue of matching error correction strategies to learners' cognitive style. To shed some light on this issue,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Error Correction, Feedback (Response)
Effects of Framing and Team Assisted Individualised Instructional Strategies on Senior Secondary School Students' Attitudes toward Mathematics
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Awofala, Adeneye O. A.; Arigbabu, Abayomi A.; Awofala, Awoyemi A. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The study investigated the relative effectiveness of framing and team assisted individualised (TAI) instructional strategies on the attitudes toward mathematics of 350 senior secondary school year two Nigerian students. The moderating effects of gender and style of categorisation were also examined. The study adopted pre-test and post-test control…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Educational Strategies, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Attitudes
The Effects of Accommodation for Cognitive Style in the Performance of Rural, Mexican American High School Pupils.
Rowold, Milam C.; Cook, Gillian E. – 1981
The field independent/field dependent tendencies of one-hundred and forty-three (143) Mexican American pupils in two rural, South Texas high schools was assessed. Teachers were given training in the educational implications of cognitive style on the learning process, and training to operate a classroom model designed to accommodate a specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, High Schools
Cognitive Learning Styles and Their Impact on Curriculum Development and Instruction.
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Whyte, Michael; And Others – 1996
This paper highlights extensive previous research on cognitive learning style and describes an investigation of correlated cognitive learning style testing of 107 United States Air Force cadets and officers. The investigation set out to determine whether a multidimensional construct for individuals could be identified, allowing instruction to be…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis