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Reiff, Judith C. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1986
Children were administered the Learning Style Inventory. Analysis revealed that children across sex, grade, and race had a majority of no preferences for the variables considered. The auditory approach was the least preferred learning mode by all groups. Specific diagnosis concerning modality strengths will contribute to a youngster's success in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Rayneri, Letty J.; Gerber, Brian L.; Wiley, Larry P. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2006
Inconsistent performance by gifted students has been a source of frustration for both parents and educators for decades. Several studies on gifted under achievement point to a connection between student learning styles and classroom performance.This study examined the learning styles of gifted middle school students, student perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Academically Gifted, Middle School Students
Jackson-Allen, Jennifer; Christenberry, Nola J. – 1994
The purpose of the study was to identify and compare the learning style preferences of low-achieving and high-achieving young African-American males. Measures of perceptual preferences for 22 learning modalities were obtained from a sample of 50 ninth- and tenth-grade students. Half of the students were randomly selected from a pool identified as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, At Risk Persons, Blacks