background: learning style of students is one of the most important factors which influences on student learning. some negative effects on nursing student learning can be observed as a result of imbalance between it and teaching methods. using appropriate methods of teaching and determination of student learning styles can facilitate their leaning. hence, this study aims to identify the most co...

The simulation of different reading styles (mainly by adapting prosodic parameters) can improve the naturalness of synthetic speech and supports a more intelligent human machine interaction. The article exemplarily investigates the reading styles News and Tale. For comparison, all examined texts contained the same genre-neutral paragraphs which have been read without a specific style instructio...

This research examines the relationships among individualism-collectivism (IND-COL), conflict management styles and conflict satisfaction. The authors aim to explain some of the inconclusive findings in the literature related to IND-COL and conflict styles by studying IND-COL as states, rather than dispositional traits. By taking a dynamic approach to conceptualizing IND-COL and measuring IND-C...

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User-Web interactions have emerged as an important area of research in the field of information science. In this study, we investigate the effects of users’ cognitive styles on their Web navigational styles and information processing strategies. We report results from the analyses of 594 minutes recorded Web search sessions of 18 participants engaged in 54 scenariobased search tasks. We use que...

This study aimed to investigate learning styles of gifted and nongifted students, and its relationship with school type, gender and grade. The sample of this study consists of 90 (Female=41, Male=49) gifted Students, and 90 (Female=43, Male=47) nongifted student in Tafila Governorate Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for the second semester of the academic year 2012/2013. Learning style Questionnair...

In this study the effects of a worksite stress management intervention on changes in coping styles were examined. Ninety-five participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group participating in the intervention or to a control group with a delayed intervention. The stress management intervention was structured on enhancing so-called positive coping styles focused on problem solving an...

The harmony between the learning styles that a course supports and the actual learning styles of learners helps to magnify the efficiency of the learning process. The aim of this research is to present a framework for analyzing existing course contents in learning management systems and providing the teacher with information regarding how well the course supports different learning styles of st...

The standard distribution of LTEX contains a number of document styles that are meant to be used, but also serve as examples for other users to create their own document styles. These styles have become very popular among LTEX users. But it should be kept in mind that they were designed for American tastes and contain a number of hard-wired texts. This article describes a set of document-style ...

The current paper investigates how to model human play styles. Building on decision and persona theory we evolve game playing agents representing human decision making styles. Two methods are developed, applied, and compared: procedural personas, based on utilities designed with expert knowledge, and clones, trained to reproduce play traces. Additionally, two metrics for comparing agent and hum...