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Engel, A. M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The first year accounting college course is considered a gatekeeper course. If a student fails this course, it could affect their entire degree program (Duchac & Amoruso, 2012). In addition, it might preclude them from employment opportunities in the accounting profession (Pratt, 2013; Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Accounting
Leaver, Betty Lou – 1997
The eight chapters of this book present tools to identify and resolve learning style conflicts. Chapter 1 discusses the philosophical foundations of education in the United States and other countries. Chapter 2 explains why identifying and accommodating learning styles is important, using case studies of unsuccessful students in real classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Large Group Instruction
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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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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