The authors reviewed 70 recent studies focused on adaptive systems and content intended to address individual student differences. The authors differentiated between adaptivity as a programming intervention and adaptability as a learner-controlled modification to one of the provided parameters of the instruction. Learner control was observed in 23 of the models. The majority of the studies revi...

It goes without saying that there are many influential factors affecting the success of any learning experience, and teachers are definitely among the significant factors influencing the process of teaching and learning. In this respect, the present study sought to investigate the prediction of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' learning approaches through their teachers’ nar...

This research will explore teaching styles of university professors. Teaching style is an umbrella term for teaching decisions made during the entire teaching process – planning, delivery, and evaluation. Contemporary university teachers are advised to adopt the learner-centred teaching style which is assumed to produce remarkable possibilities. In the Fall Semester 2015 fifty-two respondents i...

This study analyzed the effects of two heterogeneous cooperative groupings’ blended learning on programming design learning achievements and attitudes. To achieve the above objective, this study used a quasi-experimental design to conduct the experiment. Additionally, the research instruments used in this study included: Thinking Styles Inventory, cognitive style scale, programming design learn...

The Passover Haggadah speaks about the four sons-the wise, simple, etc. Using a method of biblical exegesis suggested by Rabbi Joseph Baer Soloveitchik, it is shown that these four sons implicitly define a twodimensional learning model in which learners are classified in the dimensions of knowledge [details-simple] and respect [apathy-wickedness]. This biblical multidimensional learning model i...

concepts from which new implications for action can be drawn. These implications can be actively tested and serve as guides in creating new experiences” (Kolb, Boyatzis & Mainemelis, 2001, pg. 230). This is a student-centered approach (LeFlore & Anderson, 2008) that is well suited for use with high-fidelity simulation (Yaeger & Arafeh, 2008). Kolb’s theory 2 Note: the underlined words are a dir...

PURPOSE Learning style preferences vary within the nursing field and there is no consensus on a predominant learning style preference in nursing students. The current study compared the learning style preferences of nursing students at two universities in Iran and Malaysia. METHODS A purposive sampling method was used to collect data from the two study populations. Data were collected using t...