Measuring Learning Styles with Questionnaires versus Direct Observation of Preferential Choice Behavior in Authentic Learning Situations: The Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale (VV-BOS).

Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L.

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ERIC Number: EJ582242

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Publication Date: 1998

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Measuring Learning Styles with Questionnaires versus Direct Observation of Preferential Choice Behavior in Authentic Learning Situations: The Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale (VV-BOS).

Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L.

Computers in Human Behavior, v14 n4 p543-57 Dec 1998

Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Strategies, Observation, Reliability, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Verbal Learning, Visual Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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