With the rise of e-Learning in engineering education, understanding the impact of individual differences on the ways students communicate and collaborate on-line has become increasingly important. The research described here investigates the influence of cognitive style on the interactions within student social networks in an on-line learning environment, with a particular focus on student enga...

The article explores the relation between i) the attitudes of students towards digital pedagogical characters and ii) their learning style as separate versus connected thinkers, a learning style dimension which regards individual’s approach towards the social dimensions of knowledge. Ninety 12-15 year old students participated in the study in which they were presented with a scenario-based mult...

in a rapidly changing environment, turbulent, unpredictable and full of uncertainty, organizations should have a productive, creative and continuous learning capability and potential in order to survive, grow, and accomplish goals in order to create superior value for all their stakeholders, especially customers. such a learning capability of organization and its continuous development depends ...

OBJECTIVE Research testing the concept of decision-making styles in specific contexts such as health care-related choices is missing. Therefore, we examine the contextuality of Scott and Bruce's (1995) General Decision-Making Style Inventory with respect to patient choice situations. METHODS Scott and Bruce's scale was adapted for use as a patient decision-making style inventory. In total, 38...

In order to effectively implement adaptive learning within E-learning systems, it is crucial accurately define thelearner's profile that reflects the characteristics necessary for optimal learning. Traditional methods of identifying profiles often relyon questionnaires collect data from learners, which can be time-consuming and result in irrelevant due arbitrary responses.As a solution, we prop...

Bryan Kolb is a native of Calgary, Canada and is currently a Professor in the Neuroscience Department at the University of Lethbridge, where he has been since 1976. He received his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 1973 and did postdoctoral work at the U of Western Ontario and the Montreal Neurological Institute. His recent work has focused on the development of the prefrontal cortex an...

objectives the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the learning styles of postgraduate students in kerman university of medical sciences and their baseline characteristics. patients and methods in this cross-correlation study, 400 postgraduate students of kerman university of medical sciences were randomly selected. to collect data, the kolb’s learning styles question...

in attention to the role of relationship between child and parents in child development, the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship of anxiety in students with learning disabilities based on parenting style. this study was causal-comparative design. study population included all parents of children with learning disabilities attending special centers during academic year...