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The Effect of Teaching Strategies and Students' Cognitive Style on the Online Discussion Environment
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Wu, Sheng-Yi – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
One issue of concern to teachers is the effect of teaching strategies and students' cognitive style on knowledge construction via online discussions in social networks. This study aimed to explore which teaching strategies lead to better learning performance and which cognitive styles affect learning from teaching strategies based on online…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Discussion Groups
Differentiation in Outcome-Focused Physical Education: Pedagogical Rhetoric and Reality
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Whipp, Peter; Taggart, Andrew; Jackson, Ben – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: This study was grounded in the differentiated instructional model where teachers tailor content, process/support, and product in response to their students' levels of readiness and interest. The value of differentiated teaching is well established; however, the implementation of such a technique is difficult due to differences in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Individualized Instruction, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Diverse Students: How to Avoid Marginalizing Difference
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Cruz, Luz M.; Petersen, Susan C. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
Diversity is defined as differences in groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, language, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, exceptionalities, and religion. Each of these aspects of diversity is a "culture" in and of itself. The goal of physical education teachers is to become "culturally responsive teachers" and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers, Student Diversity
The Enduring Appeal of "Learning Styles"
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Scott, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Individualism is the dominant value system in Western cultures and, as such, it affects the conduct of every aspect of human endeavour, including education. One of the most enduring effects on education has been the search for individual differences that can explain and predict variation in student achievement, with the hope that pedagogical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Analysing the Metaphorical Images of Turkish Preschool Teachers
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Kabadayi, Abdulkadir – Teaching Education, 2008
The metaphorical basis of teacher reflection about teaching and learning has been a rich area of theory and research. This is a study of metaphor as a shared system of interpretation and classification, which teachers and student teachers and their supervising teachers can cooperatively explore. This study employs metaphor as a means of research…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Student Conceptual Level and Models of Teaching: Theoretical and Empirical Coordination of Two Models
Hunt, David E.; And Others – Interchange, 1974
The studies described here are the first in a series of investigations of the teaching-learning process based on Kurt Lewin's B-P-E paradigm (learning outcomes are a result of the interactive effects of different kinds of students and different kinds of teaching approaches). (JA)
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Intelligence, Interaction
Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students. An Avocus Advocacy in Education Title.
Kay, Kiesa, Ed. – 2000
The 32 readings in this collection discuss the needs of children who are both gifted and also have special needs such as a disability ("twice exceptional"). The readings are grouped into four major sections. Section 1 is titled "Family Matters: Perspectives from Family Members" and includes the personal viewpoints of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification, Educational Administration