NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shum, Alex; Fryer, Luke K.; Cano, Francisco; Berbén, Ana Belen García; Pichardo-Martínez, M. Carmen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Much of formal higher education research on learning experiences has focused on processing strategies and outcomes, however, less attention has been paid to their precursors. This study employed Biggs' 3P model to examine the contributions of learning conceptions (as part of learning patterns (LPs) research; construction of knowledge, intake of…
Descriptors: Nature Nurture Controversy, Learning Processes, Environmental Influences, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Corbitt, William Keith – Dimension, 2017
Research on the acquisition of foreign languages by at-risk students has primarily focused on the Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis (Horwitz, 2000). Recently, there has been a growing discussion regarding the effects of learning style rigidity (Castro, 2006; Castro and Peck, 2005; Corbitt, 2011; Sparks, 2006) and metacognitive awareness…
Descriptors: Metacognition, At Risk Students, Cognitive Style, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Robinson, Jill L. – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
Recent failures in leadership, suggest that creating better-quality leadership development programs is critical. In moving from theory to practice, this paper examined the relationship between learning style and leadership style which may enable us to move away from one-size-fits-all leadership development programs. Utilizing Kolb's Experiential…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Leadership Training, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Parnrod, Urarat; Darasawang, Pornapit; Singhasiri, Wareesiri – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
This qualitative study aims at investigating the relationship among cognitive styles, learning strategies and task. In order to determine the dominant cognitive styles of the subjects, questionnaires designed by Kolb (2005) were distributed to 778 engineering students. From the data analysis, it was found that two cognitive…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Cognitive Style, Correlation, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Buckley, Charles Alan; Pitt, Edd; Norton, Bill; Owens, Tessa – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
This project examined the relationships between students' approaches to study, conceptions of learning and judgements about the value of networked technologies. For the project 144 first-year students completed the 52-item Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST), and a series of focus group interviews was used to assess…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Interviews, Study Skills
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McChlery, Stuart; Visser, Susan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2009
Learners preferentially take in and process information in diverse ways whilst teaching methods also vary presenting the possibility for mismatching teaching methods with learners' preferences leading to disengagement, ineffective learning and potential underperformance. Different research instruments have been used in the past to assess the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Accounting
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Manochehri, Nasar; Young, Jon I. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2006
This study compared the effects student learning styles with Web-based learning (WBL) and traditional instructor-based learning (ILB) on student knowledge and satisfaction. Learning methods (Web-based and instructor-based) and learning styles (Diverger, Converger, Assimilator, and Accommodator) were the independent variables. Student knowledge and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Web Based Instruction, Conventional Instruction