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A Review of Predictive Factors of Student Success in and Satisfaction with Online Learning
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Kauffman, Heather – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Students perceive online courses differently than traditional courses. Negative perceptions can lead to unfavourable learning outcomes including decreased motivation and persistence. Throughout this review, a broad range of factors that affect performance and satisfaction within the online learning environment for adult learners will be examined…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Success
If Gifted/Learning Disabled Students Have Wisdom, They Have All Things!
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Kim, Jin-Young; Ko, Young-Gun – Roeper Review, 2007
This study explores how a historical genius with learning disabilities (LD) used his giftedness to surmount his disabilities. This study compared biographical data of a historical genius with LD to geniuses without LD using the posthumous diagnostic methodology. Niels Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi were selected for investigation.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Intelligence Quotient
A Critical Comparison of Learning Style Instruments Frequently Used with Adult Learners.
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Rule, David L.; Grippin, Pauline C. – 1988
Theoretical framework, instrument development, and psychometric qualities are reviewed for some measures of learning style currently in use with adults. Instruments reviewed include: (1) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory I; (2) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory II; (3) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; (4) the Productivity Environmental Preferences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style