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Geiser, William F. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1999
Examined the effects of traditional versus learning-style-responsive study strategies on eighth graders' mathematics achievement, frequency of studying, and attitudes. Found that students applying learning-style-responsive strategies had significantly higher mathematics achievement and attitude scores than students using traditional strategies. No…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Homework, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Achievement

Hall, Linda A.; Hyle, Adrienne E. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Examined the relationship between achievement and learning styles of middle school students. Subjects were chosen from one urban middle school and were asked to complete the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and Dunn & Dunn Learning Style Inventory. Found that traditional classroom settings may not provide sufficient environmental options to enable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Freedom, Adolescents, Environmental Influences

Strahan, David; And Others – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Analyzed two sixth-grade teachers' efforts to improve their instruction. Subjects were 129 students. Theories of multiple intelligences were practiced in two essential ways, specifically, by encouraging students to understand the way they learn, and by generating a variety of instructional activities. Results showed that there were gains in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades

Mizelle, Nancy B.; Carr, Martha – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1997
Examined relationships among young adolescents' motivational processes, use of learning strategies with expository text, and classroom achievement. Found that performance and mastery orientation predicted use of cognitive learning strategies. Adolescents' intrinsic value, but not self-efficacy, predicted use of cognitive and self-regulating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Goal Orientation, Intermediate Grades