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Chetty, Nithya Dewi Subramaniam; Handayani, Lina; Sahabudin, Noor Azida; Ali, Zuraina; Hamzah, Norhasyimah; Rahman, Nur Shamsiah Abdul; Kasim, Shahreen – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
Individuals learn in different ways using several learning styles, but lecturers may not always share material and learning experiences that match students' learning preferences. Mismatches between learning and teaching styles can lead to disappointment with students are taking, and lead to underperformance among them. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teaching Styles, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Cuevas, Joshua; Dawson, Bryan L. – Theory and Research in Education, 2018
This study tested two cognitive models, learning styles and dual coding, which make contradictory predictions about how learners process and retain visual and auditory information. Learning styles-based instructional practices are common in educational environments despite a questionable research base, while the use of dual coding is less…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Models, Comparative Analysis
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Shoemaker, Nikki; Kelly, Marie – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
Students' learning styles play an important role in their success in the classroom and beyond. This study explores the learning styles of business students so that professors can better understand the instructional methods that are most beneficial for their students. A survey of 205 business students in an introductory accounting course revealed…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Students, Business Administration Education, Cognitive Style
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Kirby, John R.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1988
A questionnaire to assess verbal and visual learning styles was developed based on the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire and analyzed, using a total of 477 college students in three studies. The three scales developed had adequate reliability and construct validity. The verbal learning style was most strongly correlated with verbal ability, but…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Learning Modalities, Questionnaires