Search results for "Learning styles"
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Flexible Grouping as a Means for Classroom Management in a Heterogeneous Classroom
2011
This article concerns issues of classroom management in heterogeneous classrooms. Although research in the field of learning styles has yielded mixed results, there is a call for information about how they could be used to individualize instruction, especially in primary schools. This article is part of an ethnographic study aiming to examine teacher collaboration in a primary school and it draws strongly on field notes and on interviews with teachers. The intention was to discover how the two teachers in the classroom studied categorized pupils according to the learning styles model they had invented, and how the resulting groups were used for the purposes of classroom management. The stu…
E-Learning material presentation and visualization types and schemes
2014
Multimedia and content visualisation provide ability to transform electronic materials into more dynamic format. This can provide positive aspect on learning, but also can overload the limited information processing capacity in human brains. Cognitive load in technology-enhanced learning is closely related to the learning styles of learners. This study examines interactions between learning styles of students and how these are related to studentâs working memory and cognitive traits. To investigate the learning styles of learners the Felder- Soloman questionnaire was chosen. It allows analyse studentsâ learning styles with respect to the Felder-Silverman learning style model, which is t…
Immediate elaborated feedback personalization in online assessment
2008
Providing a student with feedback that is timely, most suitable and useful for her personality and the performed task is a challenging problem of online assessment within Web-based Learning Systems (WBLSs). In our recent work we suggested a general approach of feedback adaptation in WBLS and through a series of experiments we demonstrated the possibilities of tailoring the feedback that is presented to a student as a result of her response to questions of an online test, taking into account the individual learning styles (LS), certitude in a response and correctness of this response. In this paper we present the result of the most recent experimental field study where we tested two feedback…
Tailoring feedback in online assessment: Influence of learning styles on the feedback preferences and elaborated feedback effectiveness
2008
Design of feedback is a critical issue of online assessment development within Web-based Learning Systems (WBLSs). This paper examines the potential possibilities of tailoring the feedback that is presented to a student as a result of his/her preferences and responses to questions of an online test with respect to the individual learning styles (LS). The paper briefly reviews the main types of feedback that can be presented during online assessment and discusses the challenges in authoring and tailoring of feedback in WBLSs. We report the results of some recent experiments organized as online assessment of students through multiple-choice quizzes in which students were able to request diffe…
Business Ethics as a Sustainability Challenge: Higher Education Implications
2018
Recent financial scandals worldwide have intensified concern for business (and especially accounting) ethics. Hence, under an overall economic and social sustainability approach, it is crucial to improve the effectiveness of business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) education, in terms of its impact on business students&rsquo
PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE FOR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET
2019
Good knowledge of a foreign language is an important factor contributing to the professional recognition and career prospects. In order to improve professional foreign language competence, the study of the situation in professional foreign language teaching and learning was carried out in three business sectors: logistics, transport, service industry. The survey was carried among three target groups: employers, foreign language teachers and students. Employers were asked to name language skills which employees need most to perform work, to express an opinion on the role of employers in the English language learning process as well as to identify topics, most common words, phrases, or specif…
Personalization of immediate feedback to learning styles
2007
Feedback provided to a user is an important part of learning and interaction in e-learning systems. In this paper we present the results of our pilot experiment aimed to study interrelation between several types of immediate feedback presentation and learning styles (LSs) of users. In the experiment we used the feedback supported by quiz module of moodle learning system. The obtained results demonstrate tendencies in interrelation between LS and immediate/summative feedback presentation and we suggest three hypotheses for future research.
Estilos de aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios y enseñanza centrada en el aprendizaje
2017
El objetivo de este trabajo era valorar el impacto de los métodos centrados en el aprendizaje, implementados por cuatro profesores/as, en los estilos de aprendizaje de los alumnos de la asignatura de Procesos y Contextos Educativos en el Máster de Educación Secundaria de la Universidad de Valencia. También se pretendía analizar la valoración del alumnado sobre los métodos utilizados. La muestra fue de 117 estudiantes, que cursaban estos estudios durante el curso 2014-15, repartidos en cuatro grupos de cuatro especialidades diferentes. Se usó un diseño cuasiexperimental, con medidas de pretest/postest, mediante el cuestionario ILS (Learning Styles Inventory) de Vermunt (1994); además, el alu…
Technology’s aid to learning and learners with differerent learning styles : Pupils’ assessment
2009
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli lähteä selvittämään erilaisten oppijoiden käsityksiä teknisten apuvälineiden käytön hyödyllisyydestä heidän oppimiselleen. Tutkimuksessa etsitään vastauksia muun muassa seuraavanlaisiin kysymyksiin: Mitkä ovat oppilaiden omat kokemukset siitä kuinka teknisten apuvälineiden käyttö opetuksessa hyödyttää heitä parhaiten? Mitkä apuvälineet ovat toimivimpia ja millä tavalla he kokevat hyötyvänsä niiden käytöstä? Lisäksi tutkimuksessa sivutaan kysymyksiä siitä, miten erilaisten teknisten apuvälineiden käyttö ottaa erilaiset oppimistyylit huomioon sekä miten se hyödyttää erilaisia oppijoita. Tutkimus pyrkii myös selvittämään, vastaako oppilaan oppimistyyli hänen omia…
The Challenge of Feedback Personalization to Learning Styles in a Web-Based Learning System
2006
Feedback is information that is provided to a user to inform him/her about the result of his/her action and to motivate him/her to further interact with the system. In web-based learning systems (WBLS), feedback is particularly important in test and evaluation tasks. The main objective of the paper is twofold: (1) to encourage WBLS designers and specialists to pay more attention to the problem of feedback adaptation, and (2) to analyze suggestions for feedback personalization to learning styles in a WBLS.