Comparisons of a child's behavior in a variety of situations and under different sets of expectations provide a basis for identifying learning problems and for differentiating them from individual variations in learning styles. (MB)

Explored self-serving biases in use of statistical "law of large numbers" (LLN) principle. Found that, on goal-enhancing and goal-neutral problems, adolescents were more prone to schema-based memory intrusions and adults were more prone to exemplar-based intrusions. Both age groups used LLN more frequently on goal-threatening than on…

The Individual Learning Preferences Checklist was completed by 37 first- and second-year agriculture teachers and 1,507 secondary students. Teachers preferred active learning and thought stimulation; students preferred quiet learning environments, structured activities, and real-life examples. Teachers scored higher on the Thinking, students on…

By capitalizing on students' strengths and interests, reading styles instruction can help most youngsters become proficient readers. It is natural for children to enjoy reading. They should be challenged with high-level reading materials. Every student has a special reading style that develops at different times and rates. Successful programs are…

Investigated gender differences in the learning styles of high school boys and girls from Bermuda, Brunei, Hungary, Sweden, and New Zealand. Data from student surveys indicated that although boys' and girls' learning styles differed in numerous ways, individuals within each group were more unique then either group as a whole. Country-specific…

Examined the relationships between academic self-concepts, learner self-concept, and approaches to learning in a sample of 580 Australian elementary school students in grades 6 and 7. Found week negative correlations between learner self-concepts and surface approaches to learning. Found that deep approaches for both boys and girls showed the…

Describes a study that tracked doctoral students during the coursework phase in a Web-based learning environment. Explains the use of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory to test the hypothesis that learning style would predict completion of the required courses and suggests implications for future research. (Author/LRW)

Describes an assessment instrument (VARK) that college professors can use to identify their own teaching strategies as well as to help student become more aware of their own learning strategies and motivations. Discusses its use with students in West Virginia and New Zealand, and potential use in Central and Eastern Europe. (EV)

Suggests that the research literature that supports American instructional leadership theory and practice has limited transferability in other cultural contexts. Claims that teachers in multicultural classrooms need to "become" immigrants and minorities, and that teacher education programs must help future teachers to adapt by exposing them to…

Dyslexia issues such as its existence, definition, and medical versus educational construction have been framed by the scientific paradigm. Reframing using an ecological perspective allows assessment focused on whole-school approaches and sociocultural factors. It also enables the use of predictive research and a view of dyslexia as more than a…

Describes new ways to structure course work that improve faculty and learner productivity and better serve the learning styles and needs of nontraditional students. The program involves five components: learning goals, measures of student performance, knowledge of how to achieve learning with the particular student population, knowledge of options…

Analysis of 1,475 transcripts of online discussions among 7 student learning groups (n=38) with diverse learning styles indicated that most groups seem to respond to diversity by accommodation or elaboration rather than transformation. Few groups seem to invest the resources needed to capitalize on cognitive diversity and engage in nonroutine…

Cumulative research evidence on field dependence-field independence suggests that matching teacher and learner cognitive styles has limits, but can be used to identify varied teaching methods. Both learners and teachers should develop a flexible approach to cognitive style attitudes and behavior. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

Students in web-based courses (n=74) completed the Group Embedded Figures Test and an online questionnaire on learning strategies and patterns. They used strategies to determine important ideas from lectures and memorize key concepts. They used online features more for checking grades than communicating with the class. Learning strategies…

The field-dependent cognitive styles of 44 professionals in customer service occupations provided a benchmark to interpret data for 239 secondary marketing education students. Results suggest that males have greater access to analytic traits such as restructuring skill, problem-solving interest, and skill with abstractions. (Contains 38…