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What Can Learning Styles Research Learn from Cognitive Psychology?
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Moran, Aidan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Explores how research in learning styles can benefit from findings in cognitive psychology. Discusses difficulties of research on learning styles and two relevant findings in cognitive research: the influence of prior knowledge on learning and the potential value to learners of metacognitive awareness. Urges rigorous conceptual and empirical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education