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Passig, David; Cohen, Lizi – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2014
Background: Many tools have been developed to measure the ability of workers to innovate. However, all of them are based on self-reporting questionnaires, which raises questions about their validity Purpose: The aim was to develop and validate a tool, called Ideas Generation Implementation (IGI), to objectively measure the style and potential of…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking, Cognitive Style, Engineering Education
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Law, Dennis C. S.; Meyer, Jan H. F. – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
A Chinese translation of the Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS), a quantitative instrument employed mainly in Western higher education contexts for collecting students' feedback on their learning patterns (in the form of students' processing strategies, regulation strategies, learning orientations and conceptions of learning), was adapted and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Quality Control, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Kenny, Robert – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the alleged changes in the ways the so-called "digital generation" communicates and learns. Most of the commentary has been based on anecdotes, observations and opinions. The lack of empirical evidence in this matter suggests that it may be time to begin the process of gathering…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Design, Conceptual Tempo, Influence of Technology
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Ausburn, Lynna J.; Brown, Dovie – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2006
In an effort to individualize instruction and improve the effectiveness of instructor-learner transactions, education and instructional research has addressed a wide assortment of learner variables and assessed their relationships to instructional methods and environments. Adult education has recently seen the development by Conti and Kolody of a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Technical Education, Teaching Methods
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Rozencwajg, Paulette; Corroyer, Denis – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
In this study, the authors improved the understanding of the cognitive processes underlying the reflective-impulsive cognitive style (RI), which was initially measured by J. Kagan, B. L. Rosman, D. Day, J. Albert, and W. Phillips (1964) on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT). The authors determined the relationships between the RI style and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo, Comparative Testing
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Genovese, Jeremy E. C. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
In this study, the author tested the reliability, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of three hemispheric cognitive style instruments: (a) the Preference Test (PT; R. Zenhausern, 1978), (b) the Polarity Questionnaire (PQ; B. E. Morton, 2002), and (c) the Wagner Preference Inventory II (WAPI II; R. F. Wagner & K. A. Wells, 1985).…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Item Analysis, Psychometrics, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques