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Martin, Nadia; Hughes, Jeffrey; Fugelsang, Jonathan – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
We examine the joint effects of gender and experience on statistical reasoning. Participants with various levels of experience in statistics completed the Statistical Reasoning Assessment (Garfield, 2003), along with individual difference measures assessing cognitive ability and thinking dispositions. Although the performance of both genders…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Experience, Statistical Analysis, Logical Thinking
Sun, Ming-Lei – Online Submission, 2011
Two proposed style assessment instruments are employed to explore the learning styles of non-English major college students in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context in Chinese universities. It was found that their overall learning preferences in English language learning demonstrate a tendency, so that discovering the students' learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Preferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Perry, Chris; Ball, Ian – Teacher Development, 2004
This study explores issues in teacher education that increase our understanding of, and response to, the individual differences displayed by learners. A large undergraduate teacher education cohort provided evidence of the range and distribution of preferences in learning styles, psychological types and multiple intelligences. This information…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Multiple Intelligences, Cognitive Style, Education Courses