the major aim of this article is to determine the role of culture in perceptual learning style (pls) preferences of iranian english learners, in order to minimize teacher-student style conflict in the classroom. to do this, 400 university students from different fields of study were selected from allameh tabatabaee university in tehran, ferdowsi university of mashhad and mashhad university of m...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement collaboratives are used to improve healthcare by various organizations. Despite their popularity literature shows mixed results on their effectiveness. A quality improvement collaborative can be seen as a temporary learning organization in which knowledge about improvement themes and methods is exchanged. In this research we studied: Does the learning approach of ...

this study investigated language learning styles of iranian efl learners and their class achievement. to this end, sixty female ad- vanced learners of instruction and different ages (15-30), studying at a language institute in shiraz were asked to take part in the study. a 30- item language learning styles questionnaire developed by reid (1987) was employed to elicit information for the study. ...

In this paper a hypermedia system that incorporates global and sequential learning styles is described. Elements of learning styles such as the sequencing of pages and structure have been incorporated in the courseware. Two different presentation style user interface templates were employed. The system provides an alternative to the “one size fits all” approach to development of web-based educa...

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...

This study aims at finding the high and low achievers’ learning style preferences teachers’ understanding about students’ in English MAN 1 Banda Aceh. The survey of this used a combination quantitative qualitative methods. A questionnaire was to explore preferences, while an interview get specific information opinions on English. Willing (1988) category that consists communicative, concrete, au...

E-learning usability is a goal of the user centred elearning design. Its achievement depends on the determination of the requirements, characteristics and preferences of the users of an e-learning system or environment (learner, teacher and administrator of an educational process). This paper presents different aspects of e-learning usability. One of them requires an evaluation of learner’s pre...

This paper describes how an area of learning theory, specifically learning styles, is used to evaluate the learning outcomes of a web based course The Kolb (1985) Learning Style Inventory was administered to a group of 70 accounting students who had no prior experience with web based learning. Results are tentative, however it appears that there are learning style differences with respect to pr...

With the growing advances in telecommunication techniques, many countries have adopted e-learning into school education and life-long learning. College institutions in Taiwan and many other countries have followed such trend by establishing a wide variety of distance learning course offerings. In these new multicultural teaching and learning environments, learning styles surface as an important...