Order and entropy exist in all human and environmental processes. Technological innovation begins with entropy, and problem solving creates order. Humans learn by building order through conceptualizing but create entropy by not using a wider range of learning methods. (SK)

Notes that, in objective indicators of academic achievement, African American children have not achieved parity with whites. Examines Black Cultural Learning Styles (BCLS) hypothesis that widespread failure of many black children can be attributed to culturally determined African-based learning styles that clash with Eurocentric configuration of…

Investigated relationship between Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised (WJ-R) cognitive clusters (Long-Term Retrieval, Short-Term Memory, Visual Processing, Auditory Processing, Processing Speed, Comprehension-Knowledge, Fluid Reasoning) and written language achievement measures in WJ-R standardization sample. Found significant…

This exploratory study investigated the impact of learning styles on human-computer interaction with undergraduate students. Measures used, including the Gregorc Style Delineator, are described, and results indicate that computer-aided instruction may not be the most appropriate method of learning for all students. (Author/LRW)

After 110 business students participated in collaborative learning activities, male attitudes toward work groups became significantly more positive, females' less. Those reporting mostly positive group experiences preferred collaborative working styles; those rating the experience as "just OK" preferred working alone or with one other person. (SK)

Examined processing strategies, regulation strategies, conceptions of learning, and motivational orientation for 60 vocational-secondary-education students in the Netherlands. Also studied the systematic relations among these concepts for 1,036 students, resulting in descriptions of four learning styles. Results support strong differences in…

Suggests that instructors teaching psychological assessment can use a demonstration to illustrate potential biases when subjectively interpreting response to projective stimuli. Outlines the classroom procedure, notes styles of learning involved, and presents a summary of student evaluations. (DSK)

A study of 35 international students in a business-administration program revealed the following: (1) most desired warm personal relationships with instructors; (2) the primary learning mode in their home countries was lecture; (3) they preferred direct contact with materials; and (4) a majority were classified as neutral learners on the Canfield…

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is believed to be the most common childhood disease in our society. This article serves to provide school counselors with an increased understanding of federal acts and laws that can be applicable to students. Also provides counselors with implications for practice, utilizing a multidimensional-treatment…

Includes "The WWW of Distance Learning: Who Does What and Where?" (Abernathy); "Live and Online: A WBT [Web-based Training] Primer" (Black); "The Case for Learning Styles" (Goldstein); and "Classrooms without Walls: Three Companies that Took the Plunge" (Lohmann). (SK)

This study investigated learning styles differences of 500 students in grades 4-8 using the Learning Style Inventory. Although significant overall differences were found between average and above average achieving students in learning style preferences, specific findings contradicted an earlier study suggesting that it is inappropriate to…

Occupational and physical therapy students (n=78) were assigned to pairs based on learning style (both abstract-experimentation, both reflective-observation, or mixed). On a collaborative exercise, mixed pairs did not perform significantly better than homogenous ones. Pairs' average grades correlated strongly with performance, suggesting that…

This study investigates the relationships between undergraduate hypermedia users' information processing styles and navigational patterns. Discusses use of the Human Information Processing Survey, learning styles and information processing styles, and brain hemisphericity. Results show a significant relationship between information processing…

The extent to which preservice teachers used strategies during their own learning and the influence of college courses on perceived value of strategy instruction were studied with self- report questionnaires. Value for strategy instruction was related significantly to use of some learning (r=0.41) and self- regulation strategies (r=0.53) and…

Used multigroup scaling models to separate the contributions of cognitive style from ability in school-age children's performance on Figural Intersection Test. Results showed that field-dependent children had greater odds of success than field-independent children when the task's mental-attentional demand was above the child's mental-attentional…