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Dunn, Rita; And Others – 1983
Educators, environmentalists, and psychologists generally agree on the need to incorporate opportunities for movement by students into the classroom, but an extensive review of the literature did not reveal any studies concerned primarily with the relationships among students' mobility, their learning style preferences, and their academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Research, Cognitive Style
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Burns, Deborah E.; Johnson, Scott E.; Gable, Robert K. – Roeper Review, 1998
This study investigated learning styles differences of 500 students in grades 4-8 using the Learning Style Inventory. Although significant overall differences were found between average and above average achieving students in learning style preferences, specific findings contradicted an earlier study suggesting that it is inappropriate to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, High Achievement, Individual Differences, Intermediate Grades
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Dunn, Rita; And Others – Clearing House, 1979
The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) measures an individual student's learning style and preference for physical learning environment. LSI scores for 321 students in grades 3, 6, and 7 were correlated to their self-concept scores. Eight LSI variables discriminated significantly between subjects with high and low self-concepts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Correlation, Elementary Education
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Marcus, Lee – Clearing House, 1979
The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) was administered to students assigned to "Above-Average,""Average," and "Below-Average" social studies classes. Results on the self-rating LSI indicated differences do exist among the three ability groups in each of the four stimuli that comprise learning style. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Grade 7, High Achievement, Junior High Schools