In the HomeNetToo project we designed user interfaces adapted to culturally influenced cognitive style and examined whether information presentations with adapted interfaces resulted in better learning and more favorable attitudes toward the information source and the interface. Participants were 161 low-income African Americans who resided in urban areas in the mid-western United States. Findi...

With teachers taking more interest in utilizing 3D virtual environments for educational purposes, research is needed to understand how learners perceive and process information within virtual environments (Eschenbrenner, Nah, & Siau, 2008). In this study, the authors sought to determine if learning style or digital literacy predict incidental learning, that is, learning that occurs without lear...

One of the major features of hypermedia learning is its non-linear structure, allowing learners, the opportunity of flexible navigation to accommodate their own needs. Nevertheless, such flexibility can also cause problems such as insufficient navigation and disorientation for some learners, especially those with Field Dependent cognitive styles. As a result students learning performance can be...

traditional and modern vocabulary instruction techniques have been introduced in the past few decades to improve the learners’ performance in reading comprehension. semantic mapping, which entails drawing learners’ attention to the interrelationships among lexical items through graphic organizers, is claimed to enhance vocabulary learning significantly. however, whether this technique suits all...

This paper presents an analysis of different learning styles observed in a group of college freshmen. Recognizing relevant aspects of each style provides aid in the planning of actions that could reduce dropouts and increase the academic performance of first-year students in colleges. To accomplish this study an assessment tool was devised and implemented applying techniques of clustering and m...

development of innovation and organizational learning in order to gain a sustainable competitive advantage and improve organizational performance needs appropriate circumstances under which management leadership styles remain an important factor. therefore, this study aimed to analyze the impact of leadership styles on organizational performance through innovation and learning that was conducte...

memory impairment is one of the main features of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd),there are multiple studies in memory impairment and cognitive function such as memory in a variety of explicit memory, implicit, procedural, active, declarative, revermid ,working, visual, false and autobiographical. the methodology of systematic review were, meta-analyzes and controlled studies of sites med ...

objectives: the visual-motor skill is one of the major factors in the learning process. visual-spatial and visual analysis skills are components of the visual motor skill. any deficiency in visual-motor skills and their components often causes problem in writing and learning processes in children. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of occupational therapy (o.t.) intervention on...

This paper discusses how the multimedia learning tools can enhance the quality of e-learning systems. The construction and use of multimedia learning tools is a relatively new pedagogy, where multimedia learning tools are a learning style. Keefe defined learning style as being characteristic of the cognitive, affective, and physiological behaviors that serve as relatively stable indicators of h...