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Marschark, Marc; Morrison, Carolyn; Lukomski, Jennifer; Borgna, Georgianna; Convertino, Carol – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
It is frequently assumed that by virtue of their hearing losses, deaf students are visual learners. Deaf individuals have some visual-spatial advantages relative to hearing individuals, but most have been linked to use of sign language rather than auditory deprivation. How such cognitive differences might affect academic performance has been…
Descriptors: Deafness, Cognitive Style, College Students, Spatial Ability
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Blazhenkova, Olesya; Becker, Michael; Kozhevnikov, Maria – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
A new self-report instrument, the Children's Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (C-OSIVQ), was designed to assess cognitive styles in younger populations (8-17 years old). The questionnaire was based on the previously developed adult version of the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ; Blazhenkova & Kozhevnikov,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Questionnaires, Verbal Communication, Children
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Piccardi, L.; Risetti, M.; Nori, R.; Tanzilli, A.; Bernardi, L.; Guariglia, C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
In the present study, we investigated the ability of 106 (55 males, 51 females) college students to recall an 8-step path from different viewpoints (0 degrees; 90 degrees; 180 degrees and 270 degrees) after primary and secondary learning without a time limit. For each participant, we computed the time and number of repetitions necessary to learn…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Gender Differences, College Students, Recall (Psychology)
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Massa, Laura J.; Mayer, Richard E. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2006
College students (Experiment 1) and non-college adults (Experiment 2) studied a computer-based 31-frame lesson on electronics that offered help-screens containing text (text group) or illustrations (pictorial group), and then took a learning test. Participants also took a battery of 14 cognitive measures related to the verbalizer-visualizer…
Descriptors: College Students, Cognitive Style, Spatial Ability, Multimedia Instruction