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Peer reviewedDunn, Rita; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1989
A number of studies conducted during the last decade have found that students' achievement increases when teaching methods match their learning styles--biological and developmental characteristics that affect how they learn. Correlational studies and experimental research studies are reviewed on instructional environments, perceptual preferences,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textLewis, Michael; Goldberg, Susan – 1968
Twenty infants, 12 weeks of age, were subjects in an experiment to test the effects of maternal behavior on their perceptual-cognitive development. Each mother and child were observed in a controlled naturalistic setting, every 10 seconds their various behaviors were recorded, and then the mother was interviewed. During an experimental session the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior
