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Webb, Gertrude M. – 1991
This document presents a series of seven notebooks written to assist students at risk of becoming school dropouts due to learning problems. The notebooks explain what learning is, the student's role in the learning process, tools available to learners, how a particular student may learn best, which areas of learning need to be strengthened, and…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students
Teaching/Learning Styles and Preferences: Relevance and Relatedness to Health Occupations Education.
Pittman, Mildred – 1983
Knowledge of and use of the information provided by learning style theories can be of help in providing better educational experiences for students. Learning style preferences are of particular significance in programs such as allied health/health occupations education that practice selective admissions. Since the students have all been judged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
Murray, Monica D. – 2002
An action research study attempted to identify the learning style prevalent among 7 male and 3 female adult learners in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in New York City and the attributes of a classroom environment that promote the retention of adult learners. These four learning style modalities were considered: concrete experience,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Learning, Adult Students