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Learning Styles, Online Content Usage and Exam Performance in a Mixed-Format Introductory Computer Information Systems Course
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Lang, Guido; O'Connell, Stephen D. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
We investigate the relationship between learning styles, online content usage and exam performance in an undergraduate introductory Computer Information Systems class comprised of both online video tutorials and in-person classes. Our findings suggest that, across students, (1) traditional learning style classification methodologies do not predict…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Correlation, Cognitive Style, Undergraduate Students
Influence of Learning Styles on Graphical User Interface Preferences for e-Learners
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Dedic, Velimir; Markovic, Suzana – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
Implementing Web-based educational environment requires not only developing appropriate architectures, but also incorporating human factors considerations. User interface becomes the major channel to convey information in e-learning context: a well-designed and friendly enough interface is thus the key element in helping users to get the best…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Science Education, Programming, Correlation
Review of Gender Differences in Learning Styles: Suggestions for STEM Education
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Kulturel-Konak, Sadan; D'Allegro, Mary Lou; Dickinson, Sarah – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2011
Women have made great strides in baccalaureate degree obtainment, out numbering men by over 230,000 conferred baccalaureate degrees in 2008. However, the proportion of earned degrees for women in some of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses continues to lag behind male baccalaureate completions (National Science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Cognitive Style, Gender Differences, Females
The Effect of Teaching Methods and Learning Style on Learning Program Design in Web-Based Education Systems
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Hung, Yen-Chu – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
The instructional value of web-based education systems has been an important area of research in information systems education. This study investigates the effect of various teaching methods on program design learning for students with specific learning styles in web-based education systems. The study takes first-year Computer Science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Programming
Towards Greater Learner Control: Web Supported Project-Based Learning
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Guthrie, Cameron – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
Project-based learning has been suggested as an appropriate pedagogy to prepare students in information systems for the realities of the business world. Web-based resources have been used to support such pedagogy with mixed results. The paper argues that the design of web-based learning support to cater to different learning styles may give…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Computer Assisted Instruction, Active Learning, Information Systems
Cognitive Style and Achievement in Imperative and Functional Programming Language Courses.
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Myers, J. Paul, Jr.; Munsinger, Brita – 1996
This paper investigates the relationship between learning style and programming achievement in two paradigms: imperative and functional. An imperative language achieves its effect by changing the value of variables by means of assignment statements while functional languages rely on evaluation of expressions rather than side-effects. Learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Correlation