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Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits in an On-Line Learning System
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Trifirò, Catherine Elizabeth Vucetic; Laing, Gregory Kenneth – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the various models concerned with identifying learning styles and cognitive traits of students as a means to adapt teaching methods. With attention to the applicability of the models to on-line teaching strategies and requirements. Design/Method/Approach: The approach adopted in this paper is one of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Electronic Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Teaching Methods
Relationships between Students' Conceptions of Constructivist Learning and Their Regulation and Processing Strategies
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
The present study investigated relationships between students' conceptions of constructivist learning on the one hand, and their regulation and processing strategies on the other hand. Students in a constructivist, problem-based learning curriculum were questioned about their conceptions of knowledge construction and self-regulated learning, as…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Psychology, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning
Using Learning Style Instruments to Enhance Student Learning
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Hawk, Thomas F.; Shah, Amit J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
The emergence of numerous learning style models over the past 25 years has brought increasing attention to the idea that students learn in diverse ways and that one approach to teaching does not work for every student or even most students. We have reviewed five learning style instruments (the Kolb Learning Style Indicator, the Gregorc Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
The Impact of Student Learning Styles with Web-Based Learning or Instructor-Based Learning on Student Knowledge and Satisfaction
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Manochehri, Nasar; Young, Jon I. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2006
This study compared the effects student learning styles with Web-based learning (WBL) and traditional instructor-based learning (ILB) on student knowledge and satisfaction. Learning methods (Web-based and instructor-based) and learning styles (Diverger, Converger, Assimilator, and Accommodator) were the independent variables. Student knowledge and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Web Based Instruction, Conventional Instruction
The Assessment and Application of Learning Style Preferences: A Practical Approach for Classroom Teachers.
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Smith, Linda H.; Renzulli, Joseph S. – 1982
This article focuses on an educational versus psychological definition of learning styles and offers a rationale for matching student and teacher style based upon this definition. A survey of various matching approaches is provided along with a classification chart that visually differentiates among alternative matching strategies. The Learning…
Descriptors: Charts, Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
A Critical Comparison of Learning Style Instruments Frequently Used with Adult Learners.
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Rule, David L.; Grippin, Pauline C. – 1988
Theoretical framework, instrument development, and psychometric qualities are reviewed for some measures of learning style currently in use with adults. Instruments reviewed include: (1) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory I; (2) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory II; (3) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; (4) the Productivity Environmental Preferences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style