This article focuses on an educational versus psychological definition of learning styles and offers a rationale for matching student and teacher style based upon this definition. A survey of various matching approaches is provided along with a classification chart that visually differentiates among alternative matching strategies. The Learning…

Compared learning-style preferences of intellectually gifted, average-ability, and special-needs students on the Learning Style Inventory. Also examined the general differences among ability level and gender. Analyses indicated that gifted students preferred learning alone, being self-motivated, and using tactile learning approaches, and that…

Describes a project involving a group of 65 freshmen at a private girls' high school. After taking the Dunn, Dunn, and Price Learning Style Inventory, students were given their preferred learning-style profiles and instructions for adapting learning and study methods. Test scores improved substantially without implementing a comprehensive…

This study explored the measurement and analysis of learning style characteristics of four groups of student teachers in order to examine the relationship between learning styles of teachers and their selection of and performance in teaching areas. Results and implications for teacher education are discussed. (MT)

This paper examines the importance of culturally-specific learning styles within the context of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. The Act posits that all students can learn, that students learn differently, and that students learn better when they are taught utilizing their preferred learning modalities. A review of the literature…