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Curiosity, Interest and Engagement in Technology-Pervasive Learning Environments: A New Research Agenda
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Arnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V.; Chauncey, Sarah A.; McKenna, H. Patricia – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
This paper identifies the need for developing new ways to study curiosity in the context of today's pervasive technologies and unprecedented information access. Curiosity is defined in this paper in a way which incorporates the concomitant constructs of interest and engagement. A theoretical model for curiosity, interest and engagement in new…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Research Methodology, Learning Modalities, Learner Engagement
Personality Type and Student Performance in Principles of Economic Education.
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Borg, Mary O.; Shapiro, Stephen L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Utilizes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to delineate four basic personality types and their corresponding learning styles. Compares student's learning style with professor's teaching style. Suggests options for improving instruction by offering teaching and grading strategies that better accommodate student personality types and learning…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Cognitive Style and Pupil Learning Preferences.
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Riding, Richard J.; Read, Geoffrey – Educational Psychology, 1996
Surveys 78 British secondary school students and correlates their responses regarding preferences in learning styles to information previously determined by the computer-presented Cognitive Styles Analysis. Examines the students' preferences for group, pair, or individual work, as well as, open and closed tasks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education