ERIC Number: EJ625757
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Effects of Learning Style Accommodation on Achievement of Second Graders.
Knight, Carol Bugg; Halpin, Gerald; Halpin, Glennelle
Research in the Schools, v3 n2 p9-14 Fall 1996
Whether grades earned in reading, mathematics, and language by 158 second graders when learning environmental accommodations were made in the areas of light, sound, temperature, design, and mobility differed from grades of control group students without these accommodations was studied. Control group students had higher mathematics and language grades, raising questions about the value of the accommodations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Control Groups, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences, Grade 2, Language Arts, Learning Modalities, Mathematics, Primary Education, Reading, Test Results
Mid-South Educational Research Association and the University of Alabama, Office of Research and Service, P.O. Box 870231, Tuscaloosa, AL 35478-0231 (individual subscription, $25 a year; institutional subscription, $30; foreign surcharge, $24 a year). Research supported by a Graduate Fellowship from Yale University.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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