This paper presents the results of a comparative investigation into the learning styles and strategies of effective and ineffective language learners. Subjects for the study were one hundred and ten undergraduate university students in Hong Kong. They were categorized as ‘more effective’ or ‘less effective’ learners, on the basis of their scores on a standardized public English examination admi...

This research review information acquisition and analysis processes in both marketing and education literature and will empirically test the applicability of the VAK (visuals, auditory, kinesthetic/tactile) perceptual learning styles model to customize online info presentation format. This is performed by studying the effect of matching distinct online presentation formats with consumers’ learn...

One of the principal debates in the ®eld of individual di€erences in `learning style' (often used to include cognitive style) has centred around the proliferation of constructs and measures, many of which have been developed with little regard for extant theories and instruments. This study explored the construct validity of learning style as operationalised in the Learning Styles Inventory (LS...

Personalized access to e-learning contents is based on suggesting routes to users considering their preferences. Recent studies show that navigation styles can content much of the information related to cognitive learning styles and preferences. These navigation styles can be defined by means of different parameters. In this work, we focus on the parameter that defines if the navigation style i...

The purpose of this study was to assess the learning style preferences of students enrolled in various allied health professional programs. Five professions were examined: nursing, physician assistant (PA), occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech-language pathology (SLP). The assessment instrument used was the Kolb Learning Style Inventory LSI-IIa. The study included 89 sub...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. BACKGROUND By knowing the different students' learning styles, teachers can plan their instruction carefully in ways that are capitalized on student preferences. The current research is done to determine specific learning styles of students. METHOD This cross sectional study was conducted in Al Ahsa College of Medicine from 2011 to 2012. A sample of 518 s...