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Clinchy, Blythe McVicker; And Others – Journal of Education, 1985
Presents a model of education designed to address the modes of thinking specific to women, as derived from a survey of 135 women who varied widely in age, background, and educational institution. Argues for a women's education that addresses confirmation of the self as knower, intellectual freedom, connectedness, and collaboration. (KH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Females, Higher Education, Intellectual Freedom
Parker, Woodroe M.; And Others – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1979
Presents an eight-session seminar designed to increase participants' study skills and to redefine participants' self-concepts from those characterized by feelings of inadequacy and frustration to concepts of selves as competent and capable. Learning strategies, two-way communication, learning styles, note making, test taking, vocational planning,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Black Students, Career Planning, Cognitive Style

Thompson, Peter S. – French Review, 1992
Promotes student-as-teacher strategies in general, while extending their definition to include the peer teaching arrangement usually referred to as "group study." Cloze passages and rehearsed dictee are examined as well as the theoretical suggestion that these exercises are especially apt to encourage a variety of learning styles. (six references)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning

Mills, Edwin; Brunner, Joseph – School Counselor, 1988
Explores premise that internal structures developed by learners about nature of learning task, as well as degree of control they perceive they have over monitoring the learning, are directly related to developmental roles of school counselors. Includes discussions of evidence from field of metacognition and of counselors as mediators. Suggests…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories

Riechmann-Hruska, Sheryl – Equity and Excellence, 1989
Discusses the following factors influencing learning: (1) environment; (2) emotional makeup; (3) persistence; (4) timing of learning; (5) teaching method; (6) cognitive style; (7) food intake; and (8) psychological factors, including the difference between analytical and global thinking. Discusses how to get a sense of one's personal learning…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Environment

Kelsey, Elin – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Examines how the aquarium has attempted to move from a transfer view of knowledge to a constructivist approach in its most popular general public program--the killer whale presentation. The process of change that staff underwent is similar to conceptual change processes among learners of science. Describes constructivist strategies of conceptual…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Aquariums, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Style
Riddle, Joy – 1992
A study will be conducted to determine if the learning style of field dependence/independence has any effect on the cognitive outcomes and attitudes of students in a distance education class. The instructional strategies of group and individual learning will be compared to see which one results in greater learning and which one students prefer and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Attitude Change, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Grauer, Stuart – 1985
Using current mind/brain research, this paper explores the "hidden curriculum" in the contexts of teaching, learning and supervision. It explains ways in which current research on the nature of learning can fit into today's typical, "clinical" teaching techniques. The importance of respecting individual modes of learning is stressed; further to…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Associative Learning, Brain, Cerebral Dominance