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Sebesta, Amanda J.; Speth, Elena Bray – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
In college introductory science courses, students are challenged with mastering large amounts of disciplinary content while developing as autonomous and effective learners. Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the process of setting learning goals, monitoring progress toward them, and applying appropriate study strategies. SRL characterizes…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Learning Strategies, Science Achievement
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Acharya, Kamal Prasad – Research in Pedagogy, 2017
This study examines the investigation of the information processing behaviours of secondary level science teachers. It is based on the data collected from 50 secondary level school science teachers working in Kathmandy valley. The simple random sampling and the Cognitive Style Inventory have been used respectively as the technique and tool to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Cognitive Style
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Boyd, Diane; Bath, Caroline – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This research considers the views and perspectives of a group of students on an Education Studies and Early Years course in an English university that took part in an arts project inspired by the philosophy and pedagogy of the Reggio Emilia preschools in Italy. This ethnographic study included semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Reggio Emilia Approach
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Putnam, Brianne B.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Lundy, Lisa K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
In order to address the complex challenges facing the agricultural and natural resource industry, extension educators must collaborate with opinion leaders. Extension educators can use the assistance of opinion leaders in program design and implementation in order to best meet the needs of stakeholders and the public. Collaboration between…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Natural Resources, Agricultural Occupations, Water
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Özdemir, Nevin; Kesten, Alper; Iskin, Pinar – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of four-year-long undergraduate education on the learning styles of prospective teachers of social studies. This study was conducted in accordance with longitudinal method, which is one of the research designs used in developmental psychology researches. The study was conducted with the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Cognitive Style, Preservice Teachers, Social Studies
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McGovern, Enda F.; Luna-Nevarez, Cuauhtemoc; Baruca, Arne – Journal of Education for Business, 2017
As digital technologies evolve in education, business faculty have increased access to an extensive range of mobile devices and online applications to help them inspire students' passion for learning. Adopting new digital approaches to teaching can also enhance the learning style of students who are immersed in the use of digital devices. How can…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Cognitive Style, Technology Uses in Education, Business Administration Education
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Khalid, Mubashira; Akhter, Mumtaz; Hashmi, Aroona – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2017
Present study endeavors to explore the 10th grade secondary schools English teachers' teaching styles and learning styles of their students and examine the potential relationship between teaching learning style match with student's academic achievement as shown by their last secondary school board's results. A sample of forty two schools was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers
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Miller, Angie L.; Smith, Veronica A. – Gifted and Talented International, 2017
Many current theories and models include creativity as a component of giftedness, conceptualizing the construct in numerous ways that complement giftedness. Variations in creativity have also been studied among different academic disciplines, suggesting that although there may be higher levels of creativity for some, major choice is a complex…
Descriptors: Creativity, Statistical Analysis, Majors (Students), Multivariate Analysis
Ramirez, Matias – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Businesses and Human Resources professionals face the ongoing challenge of continuously upskilling and developing employees. Changes to processes or procedures, changes in technology, changes in job functions, and updates or changes to compliance laws or regulations are all reasons that employees must attend and complete employer-developed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Associative Learning, Tests, Employers
Gafoor, K. Abdul – Online Submission, 2017
Adopting an experiential learning explanation for varying student interest in the three sciences, out-of-school experience questionnaire, scale of interest in science and Kolb's learning style inventory were administered on 775 higher secondary students in Kerala. Despite their similar achievement levels, boys had higher interest in physics, and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Student Interests, Cognitive Style, Biology
Asbjornsen, Douglas J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Quality learning and high student achievement are primary goals of K-12 public school education. Superintendent-School Board teams can have a positive impact on both. Collaboration is critical to these teams' effectiveness and efficiency. Research has suggested conflict can have a negative impact on collaboration and may be related to the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Conflict, Superintendents, Boards of Education
Qudah, Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The increased prevalence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by top-tier colleges, institutions, and universities has altered the typical educational experience, and has made professors, educators, policy-makers, and researchers examine how these courses can be adopted and used best. MOOCs provide full open-access to recorded lectures,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Arabs, Foreign Countries
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S. Guieb, Maria Diana; Ortega-Dela Cruz, Ruth A. – Online Submission, 2017
In today's generation of digital natives, students find it unexciting to sit down and read literary texts in its entirety. Thus, students nowadays hardly understand and appreciate literature as a subject. This calls for additional challenge to teachers who had been used to deliver their lessons or any subject matter in traditional ways. This study…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Literature, Teaching Methods, Comprehension
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Best, Catherine; Arora, Shruti; Porter, Fiona; Doherty, Martin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This research investigates the paradox of creativity in autism. That is, whether people with subclinical autistic traits have cognitive styles conducive to creativity or whether they are disadvantaged by the implied cognitive and behavioural rigidity of the autism phenotype. The relationship between divergent thinking (a cognitive component of…
Descriptors: Autism, Creativity, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Cognitive Style
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Onyekuru, Bruno Uchenna – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This is a descriptive study that investigated the relationships among field dependence-field independence cognitive style and gender, career choice and academic achievement of secondary school students in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. From the initial sample of 320 senior secondary school one (SS1) students drawn from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Career Choice, Academic Achievement
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