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Wu, Darren C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Are potential relationships among students' learning styles and effectiveness in online education moderated by subject matter for undergraduate students at a private higher education institution? This causal relationship correlational study evaluated the effects of subject matter as a moderating variable between students learning styles and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students, Distance Education
Baggett, Patricia; Ehrenfeucht, Andrzej – 1985
This paper gives a method to determine a person's hypothetical conceptualization of an object -- its breakdown into subassemblies, subsubassemblies, and so on -- from the person's sequence of requests for pieces used in constructing it. A technique is given to determine whether, given a group of conceptualizations, there is a typical one. The…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
Morrison, Gary R.; Ross, Steven M.; Kemp, Jerrold E. – 2004
This book presents practical skills for successful instructional design. Maintaining a balance between theory and application, it offers a flexible model that can be adapted for use in many settings. Examples are presented from business, higher education, and K-12 education. The 15 chapters are: (1) "Introduction to the Instructional Design…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Analysis, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
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Crisman, Francis; Mackey, James – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Twenty-five eleventh grade classes were taught two social studies concepts, sovereignty and comparative advantage, using written or oral methods. Methods differed in their use and sequence of examples to explicate definitions. Finds using examples increased concept attainment. Suggests sequence was important for the more complex, relational…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis