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Learning Styles and Student Diversity.

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Loper, Sue – Educational Leadership, 1989

A teacher reports on helpful advice she received from a colleague when she started teaching: to teach students in the cognitive mode in which they learn best (auditory, visual, kinesthetic, or tactile). (TE)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Dimensional Preference, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education

Survey of Research on Learning Styles.

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Dunn, Rita; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1989

A number of studies conducted during the last decade have found that students' achievement increases when teaching methods match their learning styles--biological and developmental characteristics that affect how they learn. Correlational studies and experimental research studies are reviewed on instructional environments, perceptual preferences,…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education