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Ünsal, Gülhanim – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study, which examines learning styles in foreign language teaching, is to determine the learning style/styles predominantly possessed by French learners, and to identify the methods, techniques, materials and activities that can be applied to effective learning and teaching considering individual differences. By Dunn &…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Instruction, French, Questionnaires
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Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the use of Honey and Mumford's (1986) learning styles questionnaire (LSQ) in the context of United Arab Emirates (UAE) higher education. In particular, it aims at exploring the learning style preferences of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) students using LSQ. It also investigates whether there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Measures (Individuals), Preferences
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Ngala, Francisca Wavinya – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This paper sought to examine the relationship between age and learning preferences of post- graduate students at Africa International University (AIU). The study employed a descriptive survey design which used cross-sectional approach to data collection. The population of the study consisted of all the 397 post-graduate students at Africa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Age Differences, Preferences
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Miceli, Silvana; de Palo, Valeria; Monacis, Lucia; Cardaci, Maurizio; Sinatra, Maria – Creativity Research Journal, 2018
The Cognitive Style Indicator (CoSI) includes 3 cognitive dimensions: creating (flexible, open-ended and inventive), knowing (emphasizing facts, details, objectivity, and rationality), and planning (guided by preferences for certainty and well-structured information). The first aim of this research was to validate the 3-factor structure of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Decision Making, Preferences, Measures (Individuals)
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Chandrasekera, Tilanka; Yoon, So-Yeon – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Research has shown that user characteristics such as preference for using an interface can result in effective use of the interface. Research has also suggested that there is a relationship between learner preference and creativity. This study uses the VARK learning styles inventory to assess students learning style then explores how this learning…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cognitive Style
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Baukal, Charles E.; Ausburn, Lynna J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Continuing engineering education (CEE) is important to ensure engineers maintain proficiency over the life of their careers. However, relatively few studies have examined designing effective training for working engineers. Research has indicated that both learner instructional preferences and prior knowledge can impact the learning process, but it…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes, Preferences
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Chen, Zhi-Hong; Chen, Sherry Y.; Chien, Chih-Hao – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Game-based learning comprises of a set of concrete scenarios, which can be presented with various presentation modalities (e.g., text, text with graphic, and context). Such presentation modalities disseminate information in different ways. On the other hand, cognitive styles affect how people process information. Accordingly, the study presented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Games
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Khamparia, Aditya; Pandey, Babita – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2018
E-learning and online education has made great improvements in the recent past. It has shifted the teaching paradigm from conventional classroom learning to dynamic web based learning. Due to this, a dynamic learning material has been delivered to learners, instead ofstatic content, according to their skills, needs and preferences. In this…
Descriptors: Classification, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Anxiety
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van Compernolle, Rémi A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
Drawing on data collected via a web-based survey, the study investigates the relationship between preferences for (in)formal language and attitudes toward linguistic variation among a large group of monolingual and multilingual adults (n = 379). Also explored are the links between preferences for (in)formal language and several secondary…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, Preferences
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Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: Although there are many studies addressing the learning styles of business students as well as students of other disciplines, there are few studies which address the learning style preferences of statistics students. The purpose of this study is to explore the learning style preferences of statistics students at a United Arab Emirates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Statistics, Cognitive Style
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Froggé, George M.; Woods, Kathryn H. – College Quarterly, 2018
This study examined academic characteristics and tendencies of first-generation and second-generation students. Students at a mid-sized state university in Tennessee were surveyed to determine their preferred learning format, number of hours enrolled, hours applied toward studying outside the classroom, hours working off-campus, and current GPA.…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, First Generation College Students, Student Surveys, Preferences
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Baukal, Charles E.; Ausburn, Lynna J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Many have argued for increased continuing education for working engineers, but relatively little research has been done on how to most effectively teach that group. Many have also recommended using learner characteristics to enhance learning, but relatively little is known about the learner characteristics of working engineers. In the study…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Cognitive Style, Learning Modalities
Buchanan, Phil – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study is designed to gather information concerning a possible relationship between how dental students prefer to take in and communicate new information and how they prefer to be assessed. Though there are numerous references in the literature regarding the learning styles of students there are also references to the inaccuracy of such…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Style, Statistical Analysis, Dental Schools
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Ramirez-Arellano, Aldo; Bory-Reyes, Juan; Hernández-Simón, Luis Manuel – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
The main goal of this article is to develop a Management System for Merging Learning Objects (msMLO), which offers an approach that retrieves learning objects (LOs) based on students' learning styles and term-based queries, which produces a new outcome with a better score. The msMLO faces the task of retrieving LOs via two steps: The first step…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Management Systems, Educational Resources
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Cuevas, Joshua; Dawson, Bryan L. – Theory and Research in Education, 2018
This study tested two cognitive models, learning styles and dual coding, which make contradictory predictions about how learners process and retain visual and auditory information. Learning styles-based instructional practices are common in educational environments despite a questionable research base, while the use of dual coding is less…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Models, Comparative Analysis
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