A clinical psychologist describes an approach she uses to assess learning disabled students. She explains that brain function is analyzed through a sequence of tasks charting visual and auditory discrimination, perception, memory, organization, integration, and output. An example is cited in which an 11 year old child with traumatic brain injury…

For those educators who work with college students either as teachers, advisors, or in learning centers, the construct of learning style can be a powerful tool in their interactions with students. Educators can sometimes tune in to students' styles by listening to the verbs the students use. An informal assessment of students' learning styles is…

Cognitive mapping is a way to determine cognitive style. Based on the "Hill Educational Sciences Model," cognitive mapping is generally applicable in education at any level and in any area, but it has particular applications in communications courses. The simplest method of applying the cognitive style mapping procedure is to have…