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Peer reviewedRhodes, Robert W. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1990
Among 424 Navajo and Hopi high school students, teachers, parents, and Anglo teachers, all Indian groups differed significantly from national norms in brain dominance or learning style. Mismatches between teaching styles and learning styles occurred between Anglo teachers and all Indian students and between Navajo teachers and students. Contains…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, High School Students
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
