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Altun, Hasan – International Education Studies, 2019
In this study, it is aimed to investigate the problem solving skills of primary education mathematics teacher candidates according to their learning styles. The students of Primary Education Mathematics Department students of the universities in TRNC constitute the general universe of the research and the students who study in Primary Education…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Garner, Iain – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2000
Argues that there are substantial problems with the theoretical foundations of David Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Notes anomalies with the relationship between Carl Jung's style and Kolb's use of possibility processing. Argues that these anomalies make it impossible for defining firm conclusions about the nature of Kolb's learning style.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Epistemology
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Chickering, Arthur W. – About Campus, 2006
After forty-nine years of watching and working in higher education, Arthur Chickering has determined that three R's truly are fundamental to helping students learn. In stark contrast to the traditional set, Chickering's three R's challenge educators to recognize, respect, and respond to wide-ranging individual differences among diverse learners.…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Student Diversity, Cognitive Structures, Prior Learning
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Wolfe, Kara; Bates, Derald; Manikowske, Linda; Amundsen, Rebecca – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory describes how learners see and interpret information. Past studies have analyzed learning styles of certain professions and majors. This study evaluated whether student learning styles differ by major. The Marshall and Merritt Learning Style Inventory was completed by 531 students. Differences were found in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Processes
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deLeon, Linda; Killian, Jerri – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2000
Moving beyond question of whether on-line education is beneficial or harmful, explores conditions under which one or another of six instructional methods lecture, collaborative learning, experiential learning, learning contracts, televised courses, and Web-based learning work best. Finds specific methods more appropriate for some subject matters,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Experiential Learning
Chen, Chwen Jen; Toh, Seong Chong; Ismail, Wan Mohd Fauzy Wan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2005
This study aims to investigate the effects of a virtual reality (VR)-based learning environment on learners with different learning styles. The findings of the aptitude-by-treatment interaction study have shown that learners benefit most from the VR (guided exploration) mode, irrespective of their learning styles. This shows that the VR-based…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Simulation, Educational Environment, Individual Differences
Sims, Ronald R., Ed.; Sims, Serbrenia J., Ed. – 1995
This volume contains 12 papers on models of different learning styles, instruments to evaluate learning styles, and techniques for assessing individual learning characteristics as well as the future of learning style research and its implications for enhancing learning in higher education institutions. The papers are: "Learning Enhancement in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Instruction
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Chou, Huey-Wen; Wang, Yu-Fang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1999
Compares the effects of two training methods on computer attitude and performance in a World Wide Web page design program in a field experiment with high school students in Taiwan. Discusses individual differences, Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory and Learning Style Inventory, Computer Attitude Scale, and results of statistical analyses.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Robinson, Peter; Strong, Gregory; Whittle, Jennifer – 2000
Developing the skills necessary to participate in academic discussions is an important goal in many programs of English for academic purposes. However, there has been little empirical investigation into how verbal and nonverbal aspects of discussion abilities might be developed. This paper reports the results of a semester-long effect of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)