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Abdelhadi, Abdelhakim; Ibrahim, Yasser; Nurunnabi, Mohammad – Education Sciences, 2019
This study aims to use group technology to classify students at the classroom level into clusters according to their learning style preferences. Group technology is used, due to the realization that many problems are similar, and that by grouping similar problems, single solutions can be found for a set of problems. The Felder and Silverman style,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Engineering Education, Teaching Styles, Student Interests
Jonassen, David H. – 1981
This study investigated the effects of personality and cognitive style preferences on preferred teaching styles. Preservice teachers completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Educational Cognitive Style Inventory, and the Learning Styles Inventory. Personality types, especially thinking/feeling, significantly predicted the importance of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Personality Studies, Preservice Teacher Education
Miller, Pamela – 2001
Research shows that student motivation and performance improves when instruction is adapted to student learning preferences and styles. Educators have a responsibility to understand the diversity of their students and to present information in a variety of ways in order to accommodate all learners' preferences. Several learning styles theories…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Thompson, Thomas C. – 1991
A study examined whether teachers in different personality type groups respond to student writing in different, possibly predictable ways. Nine teaching assistants at Florida State University responded to student essays and took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which measures several personality preferences. Using the MBTI scores, the…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Mamchur, Carolyn – 1996
This guide provides a practical explanation of cognitive type theory and learning style that will help teachers meet students' needs and discover their own strengths as teachers and colleagues. The introduction provides an overview of the book from the perspective of a high school classroom teacher. Part One introduces the theory of psychological…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, High School Students, Learning Strategies, Personality Measures
Barrett, Leverne A.; Kepler, Sheila J. – 1991
This study was conducted in order to determine the impact of a 3-year, theory based, inservice training program on teaching effectiveness for classroom teachers. Feedback on observed teaching effectiveness competencies was provided for each teacher in the study sample, along with a profile of student learning styles and data on student perceptions…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Feedback