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Manolis, Chris; Burns, David J.; Assudani, Rashmi; Chinta, Ravi – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
To understand experiential learning, many have reiterated the need to be able to identify students' learning styles. Kolb's Learning Style Model is the most widely accepted learning style model and has received a substantial amount of empirical support. Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI), although one of the most widely utilized instruments to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style, Computer Science
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Lee, Chen Kang; Sidhu, Manjit Singh – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
Engineering educators have been increasingly taking the learning style theories into serious consideration as part of their efforts to enhance the teaching and learning in engineering. This paper presents a research study to investigate the learning style preference of the mechanical engineering students in Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN),…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Cognitive Style, Measures (Individuals), Preferences
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Hung, Yen-Chu – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
The instructional value of web-based education systems has been an important area of research in information systems education. This study investigates the effect of various teaching methods on program design learning for students with specific learning styles in web-based education systems. The study takes first-year Computer Science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Programming
Stice, James E. – Engineering Education, 1987
Describes the learning style inventory and learning cycle developed by David Kolb. Discusses the learning cycle's four stages as concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Offers an example from a chemical engineering class in which Kolb's ideas are used in an effort to improve instruction.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Cognitive Style, College Science, Engineering Education