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Gorham, Joan – Communication Education, 1986
Exploring material from the ERIC database and other sources, the report (1) annotates introductory articles regarding the assessment, categorization, and implications of learning styles, showing how they relate to communication literature research; (2) describes H. Witkin's extensive cognitive style research; and (3) details L. Curry's review of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Field Dependence Independence
Barndt, Deborah; MacEachren, Zabe; Rigby, Heather – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1999
The mind/body split internalized in Western culture does not acknowledge the body's role in learning. Three environmental education teachers' techniques for engaging all the senses to enhance other ways of knowing include: a comfortable classroom environment, experiencing the natural environment, playfulness, imagination, storytelling, crafting…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences
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Riding, Richard J.; Read, Geoffrey – Educational Psychology, 1996
Surveys 78 British secondary school students and correlates their responses regarding preferences in learning styles to information previously determined by the computer-presented Cognitive Styles Analysis. Examines the students' preferences for group, pair, or individual work, as well as, open and closed tasks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education