Elaborates on how the formal theory of learning styles relates to teaching methods. Asserts that, in many cases, good theory derives from successful practice and that teachers need to make explicit their intuitive views of students' learning styles and matched teaching approaches. (Author/WD)

We do not know whether it is possible to develop in any reasonably foreseeable future a theory of mathematics instruction that will be complex enough to include all the significant ingredients of human educability, yet simple enough for more than one million teachers to comprehend and use readily. (Author/IRT)

The article provides a chart which summarizes conclusions drawn by researchers concerning the performance each hemisphere plays in human information processing, and gives suggestions on programs or activities which will enhance skills and significantly expand learning potential of gifted children. (PHR)

Outlines five contemporary images of the model learning scene--the bazaar, "just be," amusement park, praxis, and Siddhartha. (Author/IRT)

Innovative companies focus on developing the knowledge capital of workers by providing learning support, not training. Learning support systems identify the current state of knowledge and skills and desired performance results, individualize learning for each worker, and integrate learning activities into work processes. (SK)

Three considerations for developing learner-centered approaches to professional development of adult educators are learning orientations, teaching orientations, and career stages. Strategies include examining one's own teaching and learning beliefs, analyzing learners' career stages, and supporting knowledge construction and meaning making.…

Develops a model of mathematical learning from an exploration of educational research and personal observations. Uses Kolb's model of experiential learning to characterize four mathematical learning styles: (1) allegorizers; (2) integrators; (3) analyzers; and (4) synthesizers. These styles are viewed as corresponding to four stages of…

The Canfield Learning Styles Inventory and Canfield Instructional Styles Inventory were completed by 15 career and technical education student teachers; learning styles for the students of 3 teachers were measured. A majority of teachers prefer a high degree of organization and activities involving others. Only modest correlations between student…

Two kinds of knowing are the slow, rational, analytic kind that comes from deliberate reasoning and the rapid, seemingly effortless, emotionally based intuitive kind. Intuition is an information processing style that can be extremely helpful as an adjunct to logical knowledge. (Author/JOW)

A study of 10,603 students enrolled in 262 secondary agricultural programs examined learning styles and individual preferences and tested the Myers-Briggs theory that certain learning activities are associated with learning styles. Confirmed the Myers-Briggs finding that 70 percent prefer the sensing learning style. (JOW)

Discusses individual thinking styles, their influence on problem solving techniques, and implications for trainers and consultants. A four-step thinking cycle is explained, five basic styles of individual thinking are defined, and examples are given using the field of human resources and development. (LRW)

Learning style traits involve a preference for or aversion to five types of stimuli: environmental, emotional, sociological, physical, and psychological. Teachers and students can learn to vary their teaching/learning styles to accommodate differences and enhance instruction. (SK)

A study was undertaken to determine if identification of learning styles would assist in predicting adult students' success in an independent study program.. Results indicated that regardless of learning style, students can expect to complete the experience successfully. (JOW)

The Group Embedded Figures Test and Developing Cognitive Abilities Test were completed by 92 of 196 agriculture seniors. Using multiple linear regression, nine percent of variance in critical thinking was uniquely accounted for by learning style, suggesting that it is a significant variable that must be considered in developing critical thinking…

Responses to the Success Style Profile from 127 men and women businessowners and reactions from an 8-member panel found that male and female entrepreneurs resemble each other more than they resemble nonentrepreneurs in thinking and management styles. Women favor right-brain, intuitive styles. One conclusion is that both ways have strengths. (JOW)