Results from the Gregorc Style Delineator (GSD), administered to 260 undergraduate nursing students, were compared with achievement scores in a human anatomy and physiology course. Factor analysis and VARIMAX rotation demonstrate that there is no relationship between any of the four learning styles allegedly identified by the GSD and achievement…

Examines research that suggests there are physiological differences between male and female brains. Considers the implications for adult education. (SK)

Sternberg's Thinking Style Inventory and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire were completed by 261 of 552 teleworkers in virtual teams. Cognitive styles and types of media (rich/lean) were associated with commitment to telework and to the team. Results have implications for staff development and the design of telework. (Contains 74…

Explains spatial perception and how it is influential on a student's academic abilities. Discusses how spatial thinkers conduct experiments in science learning and how to teach using spatial thinkers' participation. (YDS)

Nurses (n=235) participating in professional development were asked to recall how they were taught, their role in learning, and their opinion of good teaching practice. Results showed their anxiety about formal learning, recognition of the need for continuing learning, and the need to develop reflective abilities. (SK)

Storytelling helps nursing students explore roles, develop cognitive abilities, and make meaning. It can enhance the learning of students with academic difficulties or physical disabilities, older returning students, and students with different cultural backgrounds and learning styles. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

The Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory categorized 132 home economics students into learning style categories. All students tended to share the same predominant cognitive learning styles. The major style shown was that of diverger. (Author)

Proposes a new thesis about the role of individual differences in managers' media choice behavior. Argues that individual differences influence media choice only under conditions of low message equivocality. Reports that the findings of an exploratory study provide some support for this theoretical notion. (MG)

Survey responses from 671 (of 2,590) Connecticut dentists indicated that their predominant reasons for participating in continuing education were validation of current knowledge, intellectual gain, and moral commitment. (JOW)

Describes some ways in which learning styles have been examined. Discusses the ways in which differences in learning styles may develop. Presents educational implications of this work. (RJC)

Effective instruction must reflect a functional understanding of the present level of learning, based on the learner's situation and maturity. The Situational Instruction Model is designed to assist in the development of personalized learning. (JOW)

Little evidence exists to support Marie Carbo's notion that matching teaching methods to individual reading styles is superior to more traditional instructional approaches. This article refutes Carbo's claim that children can be readily divided into reading styles and that matching instructional and reading styles will produce better student…

Two studies explored preschool children's beliefs about the relationship between perceptually based similarity among things and their predicted behaviors by focusing on form-function correspondences. Perceptual similarity, if motivated by intuitive beliefs about correspondences between form and function was found to be sufficient basis for…

A 3-year study of female nursing students (n=176, n=138, and n=144, respectively) was undertaken to identify their learning style. Results suggest that curricula in nursing programs should be developed so that students acquire a variety of learning styles. (JOW)

Reviews types of learning styles and criteria for choosing an appropriate assessment instrument. Describes four generations of distance learning and suggests ways to enhance distance education instructional design for different learning styles. (SK)