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Nature vs Nurture: Learning Conceptions and Environment as Precursors to Learning Strategy Patterns and Their Outcomes
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Shum, Alex; Fryer, Luke K.; Cano, Francisco; Berbén, Ana Belen García; Pichardo-Martínez, M. Carmen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Much of formal higher education research on learning experiences has focused on processing strategies and outcomes, however, less attention has been paid to their precursors. This study employed Biggs' 3P model to examine the contributions of learning conceptions (as part of learning patterns (LPs) research; construction of knowledge, intake of…
Descriptors: Nature Nurture Controversy, Learning Processes, Environmental Influences, Learning Strategies
Students' Questions: Building a Bridge between Kolb's Learning Styles and Approaches to Learning
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de Jesus, Helena T. Pedrosa; Almeida, Patricia Albergaria; Teixeira-Dias, Jose Joaquim; Watts, Mike – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the types of questions that students ask during the learning of chemistry; discuss the role of students' questions in the process of constructing knowledge, and investigate the relationship between students' questions, approaches to learning, and learning styles. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Chemistry, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Capitalizing on Students' Perceptual Strengths to Ensure Literacy while Engaging in Conventional Lecture/Discussion.
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Dunn, Rita – Reading Psychology, 1988
Reviews studies concerned with perceptual learning styles and provides a research basis for an experimental procedure which allows students to be introduced to new information through their strongest modality, to have that information reinforced through multisensory assignments, and to internalize the information through application in a creative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Large Group Instruction, Learning Modalities
The Influence of Preferred Learning Styles on Cooperative Learning in Science.
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Okebukola, Peter Akinsola – Science Education, 1986
Describes a study in Nigeria comparing achievement in biology with a student's preference for cooperative or competitive learning situations. Proposes that rural children prefer cooperative learning strategies while urban children prefer competitive ones. Presents data proposing that learning preference (cooperative vs competitive) directly…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Competition
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
Using Kolb's Learning Cycle to Improve Student Learning.
Stice, James E. – Engineering Education, 1987
Describes the learning style inventory and learning cycle developed by David Kolb. Discusses the learning cycle's four stages as concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Offers an example from a chemical engineering class in which Kolb's ideas are used in an effort to improve instruction.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Cognitive Style, College Science, Engineering Education