Descriptor
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Personality Traits | 3 |
| Cognitive Style | 2 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| College Students | 1 |
| Factor Analysis | 1 |
| Learning Strategies | 1 |
| Learning Theories | 1 |
| Medical Education | 1 |
| Medical Students | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Learning Style Inventory | 3 |
| Myers Briggs Type Indicator | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedWest, Russell F. – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
Results of tests done on 48 first-year students entering the Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University suggest that ambiguity may be present in Kolb's learning styles classification system and that further validity studies need to be conducted. (MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Medical Education
Peer reviewedCornwell, John M.; Manfredo, Pamela A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1994
Nominal-level analysis of 4 primary learning styles (doing, thinking, watching, and feeling) of 292 subjects (mostly college students) from the Learning Styles Inventory demonstrated their discriminant/convergent validity but not the validity of the learning-style types suggested by D. A. Kolb (1976) (accommodator, diverger, converger, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
Peer reviewedStice, Carole F.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Investigates the relationships among teachers' stated theoretical orientation to reading and several psychological measures. States that teacher educators need to be creative and intentional to reach all varieties of learners. Cautions that no single methodology should ever be mandated by administrators. (MG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Reading Instruction
