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ERIC Number: EJ493454
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Cognitive Styles and Academic Achievement in Community College Education.
O'Brien, Terrance P.; Thompson, Mary J.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v18 n6 p547-56 Nov-Dec 1994
Reports on a study of effects of teaching styles, student cognitive styles, matched and mismatched conditions, and student age and gender in relation to the course grades of 207 community college students. Indicates that concrete sequential teachers assigned the lowest grades and that students over 24 attained higher grades than younger students except when matched with concrete random teachers. (25 references) (MAB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Models, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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