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Yilmaz, Gül Kaleli; Koparan, Timur; Hanci, Alper – Online Submission, 2016
In this study, it is aimed to determination of the relationship between learning styles and TIMSS mathematics achievements of eighth grade students. Correlational research design that is one of the quantitative research methods, was used in this study. The sample of the research consists of 652 8th grade students 347 are male and 305 are female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Cognitive Style
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Özerem, Aysen; Akkoyunlu, Buket – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: While designing a learning environment it is vital to think about learner characteristics (learning styles, approaches, motivation, interests… etc.) in order to promote effective learning. The learning environment and learning process should be designed not to enable students to learn in the same manner and at the same level,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Instructional Design, Cognitive Style, Mathematics Achievement
Kelly, Gretchen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Low achievement on standardized tests may be attributed to many factors, including teaching methods. Differentiated instruction has been identified as a teaching method using different learning modalities that appeal to varied student interests with individualized instruction. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare whole-group…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Learning Modalities
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Orhun, N. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
This study aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship beween gender and learning style, mathematical achievement and attitude towards mathematics. The subjects of this study were 5th-semester students (42 females, 31 males) from the Mathematics Department at Anadolu University. The results of this study suggest that there were…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement
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Gurney, Penelope J. – McGill Journal of Education, 1998
Examines one aspect of the cognitive development of preservice education students, the ability to utilize different modes of mental representation. Finds associations between the level of mathematics experience and both the ability to utilize three different modes of mental representation (enactive, visual, and verbal) and the overall use of…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Riding, Richard; Caine, Tracey – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on a preliminary study of cognitive style and performance of 182 secondary students on the British General Certificate of Secondary Education. Finds that students who tested at an intermediate position on both dimensions of the Wholist-Analytic cognitive style measure did best on the test. (CFR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Educational Assessment
Ramirez, Aura I. – 1983
This research investigates the interrelationships of modality strength, modality preference, field dependence-independance, sex, ecological group, and their contribution to mathematics achievement among 256 fourth-grade Puerto Rican students from four ecological environments. Ecological factors were defined as characteristics that make city areas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Ecological Factors, Educational Research
Clariana, Roy B.; Smith, Lana – 1988
This is a summary of findings of three studies of learning style in computer-assisted instructional (CAI) settings. In study one, learning style and math achievement data collected from an intact class of 23 seventh and eighth graders indicate that students' learning style preference changed after four months of CAI towards the accommodator type.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education