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Hendy, Mohamed H. – Online Submission, 2017
There are many learning theories that have come to explain how people process, think, learn, and apply information. Among those theories are contextualism, connectivism, constructivism, and cognitivism. Those four theories have been taken as references of the current proposed Hendy's 4Cs (contextualizing, connecting, constructing, cognitivizing)…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Peifer, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the academic discussion regarding the validity of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory through focusing on the validity of an important construct embedded in the theory, that of congruence between instructional style and preferred MI style for optimal learning. Currently there is insufficient empirical…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Program Validation
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Luszcz, M.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Kuzu, Abdullah; Akbulut, Yavuz; Sahin, Mehmet Can – Online Submission, 2007
This paper introduces an evaluation tool prepared to examine the quality of visuals in course-books. The tool is based on Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (i.e. Generative Theory) and its principles regarding the correct use of illustrations within text. The reason to generate the tool, the development process along with the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Learning Theories, Test Construction, Test Reliability
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Robinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1997
Examines claims that unconscious second language learning under implicit and incidental conditions is insensitive to measures of individual differences in cognitive abilities, in contrast to learning under conscious rule-search and instructed conditions. Findings revealed that only in the incidental condition was the extent of learning and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Ability
RECTOR, WILLIAM H.; SHAW, MERVILLE C. – 1967
THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS TECHNICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTAL TO PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING THE GENERAL OUTLINE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY (SOS), WHICH DELINEATES SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE INTRODUCTION INCLUDES THE GUIDANCE MODEL, THE NEED FOR THE SOS TO HELP PUPIL PERSONNEL…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
Biggs, John B. – 1987
A common thread in contemporary research in student learning refers to the ways in which students go about learning. A theory of learning is presented that accentuates the interaction between the person and the situation. Research evidence implies a form of meta-cognition called meta-learning, the awareness of students of their own learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers