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Hidi, Suzanne E.; Hilyard, Angela – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that children's discourse production is organized according to a schema that is discourse specific but modality general. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Doherty, William A. – 2000
This study investigated three aspects of Internet-based community college classes: the distribution of learning styles of the students enrolled, student preferences for specific methods of instruction, and the relationship between student learning styles and preferences for methods of instruction. The results of the study might help educators…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Distance Education
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Lovano-Kerr, Jessie – Studies in Art Education, 1983
A number of theories have been developed to explain individual differences in cognition. This paper explicates the Psychological Differentiation theory of Herbert Witkin and relates behaviors characteristic of his field-independent and field-dependent dimensions to artistic behaviors. Implications for research on artistic development are derived…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art Teachers, Cognitive Processes
Miller, G. Donald – Independent School, 1980
The article details the emotional, social, and mental characteristics of gifted children and explains how the classroom teacher can help such children, who are often socially alienated, find their place in the world. (SB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Kampwirth, Thomas J.; Bates, Marion – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article reviews 22 studies concerned with learning disabled children under 10 years old in which there was a clear attempt to compare auditory and visual modality preferenes to visual and/or auditory methods of teaching words or other written verbal symbols. (PHR)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
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Graham, Norris A.; Kershner, John R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
Thirty students with dyslexia (mean age 13.5), 30 readers without disabilities, and 30 younger readers (mean age 8.9) were assessed to test the validity of the Reading Style Inventory (RSI). The RSI was not able to accurately profile children with dyslexia in terms of their cerebral hemisphere preferences. (CR)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Dyslexia
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Beykirch, Hugh L.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
Twenty-eight hearing college students were trained on 30 signs from American Sign Language that had been classified as iconic, opaque, or abstract. Students learned and retained iconic signs better than opaque or abstract. A videotaped presentation mode produced greater consistency in scores than computer-assisted instruction. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
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Vyse, Stuart A.; Rapport, Mark D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Investigated effect of methylphenidate (MPH) on ability of 26 children with Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADDH) to learn both trained and untrained complex visual relationships. Compared findings to their school performance under identical dosage. MPH enhanced children's learning of taught and untaught visual relationships;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children
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Glaser, Robert – American Psychologist, 1990
Examines the articulation of theoretical issues in learning that is taking place through studies of instruction that are grounded in descriptions of competence. Discusses programs for the acquisition of proceduralized knowledge, the development of self-regulatory strategies, and the structuring of knowledge for problem solving. (JS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
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Riding, Richard; Caine, Tracey – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on a preliminary study of cognitive style and performance of 182 secondary students on the British General Certificate of Secondary Education. Finds that students who tested at an intermediate position on both dimensions of the Wholist-Analytic cognitive style measure did best on the test. (CFR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Educational Assessment
Stone, Pete – Principal, 1992
After discovering at least 64 percent of their students were either tactile or kinesthetic learners, educators at North Carolina elementary school began grouping kids according to their tactile/kinesthetic or auditory/visual strengths and altered reading instruction schedules every three weeks so that each group had opportunities to learn at best…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Sadler-Smith, Eugene; Allinson, Christopher W.; Hayes, John – Management Learning, 2000
Cognitive style is one factor that may influence individuals' preferences for different learning methods and activities related to continuous professional development. Explores the cognitive styles and learning preferences of personnel practitioners (n=127) in the United Kingdom. Finds that the relationship between cognitive style and preference…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Rayner, Stephen; Riding, Richard J. – Educational Psychology, 1997
Discusses the origin and elaboration of the concept of learning styles. Traces the influence of a cognition and learning-centered approach to the psychology of individual development. Argues for an integration of various models into a single learning style. Includes a tabular description of fundamental dimensions of cognitive style. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Style, Educational Psychology
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Jones, Anne Elizabeth – Educational Psychology, 1997
Considers the theoretical validity of two approaches to cognitive style. Wholist-Analytic maintains that cognitive processes depend on the interaction of two opposing forces, destructive and constructive. Reflection-Impulsivity characterizes learners according to their reflective or impulsive responses to solution hypotheses. Evaluates these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
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Loo, Robert – Educational Psychology, 1997
Criticizes the use of test-retest correlations, differences between means, and other group effects in studies attempting to evaluate the relative stability of learning styles. Examines the use of the "Learning Style Inventory" and the "Learning Style Questionnaire." Recommends that researchers directly analyze the stability and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
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