Finding the right match between a particular instructional technology and a learning style can be just as important for students as finding the right match between their instructors' teaching styles and their own learning styles. This study examines the effectiveness of three instructional methodologies for teaching television lighting methods…

Philosophically, American schools are based on a Middle European or Germanic model, value facts and stiff learnings. The learning styles of black children do not fit this model. (DM)

Causal attributions of shy students (N=36) were compared with those of a comparison group of students (N=36) in ten situations. Significant differences between the two groups emerged when explaining outcomes of situations considered to be problematic for shy individuals. Causal attributions may reflect realistic and situation-specific…

Examined both trainees' ratings of the supervisory relationship and satisfaction with supervision, and supervisors' ratings of the supervisory relationship, satisfaction with supervision, and evaluations of trainees. Determined cognitive styles through administration of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Results suggested a possible relationship…

Two response formats and request for reason-for-choice on a traditional cognitive preference test (CPT) and an open-ended CPT were used to test for consistency across methods of observation at individual/population levels. Results indicate that validation of CPT constructs has not reached state of unequivocality necessary for their application in…

Cognitive styles characterize individuals' personalities as well as their social and cognitive functioning. An assessment of cognitive style can present another dimension of individual differences in children as the basis for planning and evaluating early childhood programs. (Author/LC)

Jane Roland Martin's charge that a male cognitive perspective dominates educational philosophy is assessed. Martin's views on the ideal educated person (in writings of R. S. Peters and others), gender bias in the intellectual disciplines, the rationality learning theory, and self-alienation of educated women are analyzed. (PP)

The effectiveness of having 51 students generate their own headings for scientific text is assessed. Results reveal that generating headings enhances performance on a number of recall measures compared to either author-provided headings or no headings. (Author)

Discusses the duality of mental processes, learning styles and brain research (concerning brain growth, hemispheric specialization, and sex differences) as they apply to teaching mathematics. Discusses the implications of these topics as well as individual learning styles and basics-versus-creative school curricula for curriculum development. (WAS)

Describes St. Mary's School's first grade mathematics program using a holistic, right hemispheric functioning process based on the rhythmic theory of learning. Reviews research indicating that learning styles among American Indians have a greater dependence upon right hemispheric functioning. (DMM)

This study examined the effects of field dependence/independence and the level of operational development on the mathematics achievement of 450 students in grades 6-8. Field-independent students scored significantly higher on total mathematics, concepts, and problem-solving tests. High-operational students scored significantly higher on all tests.…

Focuses on some of the unique characteristics of minority learners which have implications for the design of instruction, with emphasis upon such aspects of instructional approach as student motivation, cultural relevance, and cultural conflict. A set of suggestions for increasing the satisfaction of minority learners is presented. (JL)

Focuses on five human information processing abilities which cognitive psychologists anticipate must be accounted for in order to develop good computer courseware--memory and attention; language or text characteristics; graphics and visual processing; cognitive characteristics of user; feedback to users. A 31-item bibliography is included. (EJS)

Third grade children (n=24) who were administered the standard, simultaneous version of the Matching Familiar Figures test committed fewer errors when administered a sequential version of the same test than did subjects (n=24) who took the more difficult sequential version first. (PN)

Describes a method of teaching problem-solving to engineering undergraduates at Coventry (Lancaster) Polytechnic. The teaching model, which consists of a series of component activities, employs a methodological approach to problem-solving in the area of engineering design. Applications of the model to other forms of problem-solving are briefly…