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Shimada, Atsushi; Mouri, Kousuke; Taniguchi, Yuta; Ogata, Hiroaki; Taniguchi, Rin-ichiro; Konomi, Shin'ichi – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
In this paper, we focus on optimizing the assignment of students to courses. The target courses are conducted by different teachers using the same syllabus, course design, and lecture materials. More than 1,300 students are mechanically assigned to one of ten courses taught by different teachers. Therefore, mismatches often occur between students'…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Learning Activities, Learning Analytics, Cognitive Style
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Stetz, Thomas A.; Bauman, Antonina A. – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2013
Recent technological developments allow any instructor to create audio and video lectures for the use in online classes. However, it is questionable if it is worth the time and effort that faculty put into preparing those lectures. This paper presents thirteen factors that should be considered before preparing and using audio and video lectures in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Avitabile, John – 1998
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction of student learning style and presentation mode on student learning in an introduction to computer science class. The learning styles studied were sensing and intuiting, as identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The presentation mode was either traditional lecture or hypermedia.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Conventional Instruction, Hypermedia, Instructional Materials
Ristow, Robert S.; Edeburn, Carl E. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine whether existing instrumentation is capable of identifying learning style differences within and among college students. Focusing upon methodology, rather than processing, the Renzulli/Smith Learning Style Inventory (RSLI) was administered to 115 sophomores and juniors. The RSLSI was developed to assess…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Games
Fraas, John W. – 1982
The simulation-gaming approach to college introductory economics courses benefits students who possess a certain combination of cognitive learning styles. The Cognitive Style Questionnaire, administered to 120 freshmen, identified those students who obtain meaning from spoken words, numerals, or mathematical symbols; have the ability to place…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1993
This study investigated the effects of college students' actual, rather than manipulated, perception of control along with expressive instruction, as they relate to cognitive and emotional aspects of academic achievement. In a simulated college classroom study, 228 male and female introductory psychology students at the University of Manitoba…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Gordon, Howard R. D. – 1998
This paper reviews the literature on the relevance of learner characteristics and learning styles when planning law school courses, focusing on the instructional delivery methods and teaching techniques applicable to law school courses. It examines the four major learning modalities: kinesthetic, tactual, auditory, and visual; and the four major…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
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Van Voorhis, Judith L. – 1991
College teaching and learning were studied with respect to students' preferences for learning and motivation as they relate to various instructional methods used in teacher education. A traditional lecture format and the cooperative group discussion teaching method were compared within a specific college population. Participants (N=20), students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Education Courses
Rafeld, Frederick J.; Fraas, John W. – 1980
The paper discusses a study in which a cognitive mapping test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of different teaching methods used in a college level introductory economics course. Cognitive style mapping is a method of studying learner characteristics in order to individualize instruction. The hypothesis was that certain cognitive learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests
Root, Jon R.; Gall, Meredith D. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine whether conventional instruction and mastery-based auto-tutorial instruction interacted with learning characteristics that were found to be instruction-interactive in previous research. Conventional instruction consisted of lecture with discussion and laboratory periods. The mastery-based auto-tutorial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis