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Learning Style Profile Handbook: II. Accommodating Perceptual, Study, and Instructional Preferences.
Keefe, James W. – 1989
In 1986, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) published a new learning style instrument, the NASSP Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP offers educators a well-validated and easy to use instrument for diagnosing the cognitive styles, perceptual response tendencies, and study and instructional preferences of middle level…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Educational Environment

Gray, Peter – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Argues for a greater and more explicit use of evolutionary theory in psychology courses. Provides examples of ways that this strategy can help students think critically about classic psychological theories, understand the importance of narrower domain-specific theories, and comprehend the rationales behind cross-species comparison in psychology.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences