Conducted study on quality of life for women at liberal arts college using participatory, feminist research approach. Findings from 180 women revealed that students were satisfied with their personal networks of friends but generally critical of overall social atmosphere of the college. Respondents favored initiation of women's studies courses and…

Study of 119 counseling psychologists revealed that counselor individual differences in cognitive complexity, but not preferences for client problems, moderated cognitive processes that lead to bias in clinical judgment. Counseling psychologists with lower cognitive complexity were more likely to form biased clinical judgments than were those with…

Analytical thinkers process information sequentially, use induction and abstraction, and are objective. Global thinkers process simultaneously and are deductive, concrete, and subjective. The challenge is to match teaching to learners' strengths. (SK)

Science educators should strive to create a classroom climate receptive to different world views and cultural styles while guiding students to deep understanding of the ideas and processes of mainstream science. Understanding students' world views is more beneficial than overgeneralized cultural categorization. (SK)

Investigates the interobserver agreement of the Learning Behavior Scale (LBS) by educators (n=16) observing students in special-education classes (n=72). No significant observer effect was found. Moreover, the LBS produced comparable levels of differential learning styles for assessments of individual children. (Author/MKA)

Studied the relationships between learning styles as expressed in questionnaires and actual study strategies in a computer-assisted study environment (CASE) for 41 Dutch college freshmen. The diagnostic study task revealed differences between deep- and surface-learning students in orientation and planning activities, but not in actual study…

Focuses on the role of splitting and projective identification as active dynamics in the development and maintenance of cultural and racial prejudice. Illustrates ways in which attention to splitting and projective identification in the group setting can decrease prejudice and promote community building. (Author)

Explores a study investigating the effect of individual cognitive styles on learning through computer-based instruction. Identifies a significant difference between the cognitive styles on test scores, in particular the Wholist/Verbaliser group, and indicates a potential for cognitive styles to influence learning outcomes measured by performance…

Although students may learn in many ways, the essential skills and content they learn can remain steady. As demonstrated by three teaching approaches to the study of ancient Rome, students can take different roads to the same destination. Successful differentiation is rooted in student engagement and student understanding. (MLH)

Research on whole language suggests its effects on achievement vary markedly from site to site, and differences may be based not on whether a teacher uses it but how it is implemented. Learning-styles research suggests that little is gained from matching children to methods using learning styles. Instead, any approach needs to take into account…

Accounting students (n=202) had different preferences for learning discrete facts, quick and easy problems, and new and ambiguous situations. On a multiple-choice test and unstructured task completed by 73 students, preference for quick and easy problems distinguished poor and good performers on the task but not on the test. (SK)

Cognitive style assessment of 120 cooperative education and 125 nonco-op students in business administration and hospitality revealed a broad range of styles, with significant differences between the two majors and between co-op and nonco-op students. Gender and amount of work experience were not correlated with cognitive style. (SK)

Two approaches to training for small/medium-sized enterprises were compared: a British distance learning program and an Irish program offering face-to-face training for micro-enterprises. Both used constructivist, collaborative, and reflective methods. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach were identified. (SK)

Discusses the value of both objectivity and connection (among college students, between students and teachers, and between students and their work) in various ways of knowing. Explores the nature of connection via studies of women's development. Explains how pedagogy can create contexts for students to learn to use both objectivity and connection.…

Gives evidence of how and why feature films are effective instructional tools, particularly when teaching concepts of human development to college students. Explains that use of films helps to dramatize and frame issues, generate discussion, and provide links with personal experience. Uses several examples from movies to help explain the…