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Measuring Learning Styles with Questionnaires versus Direct Observation of Preferential Choice Behavior in Authentic Learning Situations: The Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale (VV-BOS).

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Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1998

Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires.…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Strategies, Observation

Problem Solving in a Computer-Based Setting with Verbal to Visual Recoding of Given Data.

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Kinnear, Judith; Martin, Marjory – 1989

One aim of this study was to identify, in a group of unsuccessful college level problem solvers, the status and use of their declarative knowledge as revealed by students' attempts to solve novel problems in a pencil-and-paper setting. It was hypothesized that for some unsuccessful problem solvers, their problem representation could be improved by…

Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education