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Atkinson, Robert K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Aims to optimize computer-based learning environment designed to teach how to solve word problems by incorporating an animated pedagogical agent. The agent delivered instructional explanations either textually or aurally, while simultaneously using gaze and gesture to direct focus of attention. Results indicated an animated agent programmed to…
Descriptors: Animation, Aural Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media

Kavale, Kenneth A.; Hirshoren, Alfred; Forness, Steven R. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Synthesizes findings from 36 studies that validated the Dunn and Dunn Model of Learning-Style Preferences. Questions are raised regarding the validity of the model, the nature of the literature base, the interpretation of the meta-analytic findings, and the conclusions. The article concludes that the model has not been adequately validated.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities

Oakland, Thomas; Banner, Diane; Livingston, Rita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2000
A study investigated the learning style preferences of 214 students (ages 10-17) with visual impairments and their sighted peers. Students with visual impairments more frequently preferred practical, thinking, or organized styles. Boys with visual impairments tended to prefer extroverted styles and girls with visual impairments tended to prefer…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Intermediate Grades

Flevares, Lucia M.; Perry, Michelle – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2001
Examined multiple modalities of nonspoken forms of representation-specifically gestures, pictures, objects, and writing-used by three teachers in three years of first grade math lessons. Students must attend to visual as well as vocal means of expressing information to gain access to all information presented in mathematics lessons. (BF)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Modalities

Armstrong, Robert L. – Journal of School Improvement, 2001
Reviews 11 articles on education, including: (1) "A Strategy for Helping Students Learn How to Learn," by M. McClanaghan; (2) "What Works in School Improvement?" by A. Harris; (3) "Just a Matter of Time," by F. Smith; and (4) "Selected Pre-Writing Treatments," by Brodney, Reeves, and Kazelskis. (NB)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Altmann, Gerry T. M. – Cognition, 2004
The "visual world paradigm" typically involves presenting participants with a visual scene and recording eye movements as they either hear an instruction to manipulate objects in the scene or as they listen to a description of what may happen to those objects. In this study, participants heard each target sentence only after the corresponding…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Object Manipulation, Sentences, Case Studies
Lusk, Kelly E.; Corn, Anne L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2006
This is the second part of a two-part report of a study about the instruction of children who are learning or using both braille and print simultaneously (dual media). It explores the instructional methods and curricular decisions of teaching dual media to students with low vision and reports the students' current literacy levels and reading rates…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Braille, Reading Rate, Teacher Expectations of Students
Sternberg, Robert J. – College and University, 2006
Is it possible simultaneously to enhance the academic quality of the student body and to increase its diversity? Assessments of creative and practical skills were given to college freshmen at thirteen varied institutions to supplement the SAT. Prediction of freshman-year GPA roughly doubled, and ethnic-group differences were substantially…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Success, Academic Achievement
Narasimhan, V. Lakshmi; Zhao, Shuxin; Liang, Hailong; Zhang, Shuangyi – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
This paper presents an interactive educational environment for use over both "in situ" and distance-based modalities of teaching. Several technological issues relating to the design and development of the distributed virtual learning environment have also been raised. The PROVIDE framework proposed in this paper is a seamless distributed…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Online Systems
Prain, Vaughan; Waldrip, Bruce – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
As part of a long-term research study to enhance science learning, this paper reports on an exploratory study aimed at identifying initial beliefs and practices of a group of teachers and students (Years 4-6) in Australia when the students engaged with multiple representations of the same science concepts. There is growing recognition in science…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Teacher Surveys
Bargar, June R.; And Others – 1994
Understanding learning differences and how they function in the classroom is important to both students and teachers. The learning preferences described in this handbook are based on the concepts of psychological type developed by Carl Jung. Jung identified three sets of psychological processes, the areas of attitude (orientation), perception, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Decision Making, Extraversion Introversion, Individual Differences
Mould, Claire – 1995
This paper provides a critical analysis and evaluation of the relationship between 4-year-old children and teachers in 10 reception (kindergarten) classes at schools in Birmingham, England. It is based on in-class observations and collaborative, action research that focused on the interactions between the children and their teachers, including 300…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Kindergarten
Jordan, Lois E. – 1993
This paper explores the research of the learning styles manifested in the middle school classroom and the implications those differences have to a successful teaching-learning paradigm. Various projects in the field are examined, including how students are profiled, how instructional methods can be modified to suit the needs of each learner, and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Budd, Linda S. – 1993
Bright, controlling, fearful, and highly energetic, active alert children are frequently misdiagnosed as hyperactive or learning disabled. This book offers guidance for the special challenge of parenting the active alert child. Part 1 profiles the active alert child and examines 11 traits that characterize active alert children. Part 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Children, Elementary Education
More, Arthur J. – 1990
This paper reviews the literature on learning styles of Native Americans and Asian-Americans. Four different operational definitions of "learning style" or "cognitive style" are presented, related terms are examined, and inconsistencies of usage in the literature are discussed. Noting the great diversity among Native American…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Cognitive Style