This study was an attempt to shed light on the relationship between perceptual learning styles and perceptual teaching styles of Iranian EFL learners and teachers. It further investigated the relationship between perceptual learning style and the age, gender, and proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. A total of 112 students and 23 teachers participated in this study. The data was collected using...

This paper investigates the effects of extraversion and team member expertise on virtual team interaction and performance. Sixty-three virtual teams of professional managers participated in an intellective decision making task using a web-based conferencing tool. The results revealed level of extraversion to be positively and significantly correlated with the aggressive and constructive interac...

This paper summarizes the current views on coping styles as a useful concept in understanding individual adaptive capacity and vulnerability to stress-related disease. Studies in feral populations indicate the existence of a proactive and a reactive coping style. These coping styles seem to play a role in the population ecology of the species. Despite domestication, genetic selection and inbree...

Theory of learning styles is steadily evolving in several decades and reveals importance of such styles for construction and adoption of adaptive e-learning platforms. Courseware delivery adaptive to learning styles needs precise definition of types of learning objects most appropriate for individual given learning character with its specific learning style. The present article provides results...

Collaborative tools have been used in educational contexts for supporting communication and collaboration among students, discussions about topics, cooperative problem resolution, knowledge sharing and collaborative knowledge construction. A proper use of these tools reduces student isolation in web-based courses and facilitates the development of personal and social skills. At the same time, i...

BACKGROUND Negative cognitive styles have been shown to prospectively predict depression onset and recurrence. Research has also begun to suggest that cognitive styles may be associated with the course of depression as well. This study examined whether cognitive risk for depression onset also predicts the course of depression in a prospective design. METHODS One hundred fifty-nine initially n...

OBJECTIVES There are no data in the literature with regard to the acute effects of different styles of music on the geometric indices of heart rate variability. In this study, we evaluated the acute effects of relaxant baroque and excitatory heavy metal music on the geometric indices of heart rate variability in women. METHODS We conducted this study in 21 healthy women ranging in age from 18...

The study employed a mixed method research design to investigate the self-perceived levels of learners’ autonomy at institution where researcher works. also explores teachers’ support in fostering students’ autonomy. In addition, attempts determine relationship between genders, learning styles and main findings reveal that level was conducted medium (M = 2.66 out 5.0 scale). terms perception th...