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Promoting Conceptual Change of Learning Sorting Algorithm through the Diagnosis of Mental Models: The Effects of Gender and Learning Styles
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Lau, Wilfred W. F.; Yuen, Allan H. K. – Computers & Education, 2010
It has been advocated that pedagogical content knowledge as well as subject matter knowledge are important for improving classroom instructions. To develop pedagogical content knowledge, it is argued that understanding of students' mental representations of concepts is deemed necessary. Yet assessing and comparing mental model of each individual…
Descriptors: Identification, Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Cognitive Style
Cognitive Learning Styles and Academic Performance in Two Postsecondary Computer Application Courses.
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Ross, Jonathan L.; Drysdale, Maureen T. B.; Schultz, Robert A. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2001
Investigated effects of cognitive learning style on academic performance in two university computer applications courses. Discusses use of the Gregorc Style Delineator to collect learning style information over a four-year period. Results indicated a significant effect of learning style on academic performance, and that sequential learners…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Higher Education