Embodied Pedagogical Agents (EPA) are increasingly employed in educational applications, for a variety of users and purposes. However, studies have shown that visual appearance, communicative style, and pedagogical roles of agents impact their acceptance, trust, and user interaction [1, 2, 3, 4]. In this paper, we present a study where 86 primary school children (aged 7-11) chose an EPA to ‘acc...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Cognitive style Instructional animation Instructional picture Visualization ATI-effects Multimedia In a 2 × 2 design, we examined the role of visual cognitive style in two multimedia-based learning environments (text plus static pictures/animations). A statistically significant interaction was obtained for deeper comprehension: Highly developed visualizers (HDV) ...

Vocabulary learning is an on-going and life-long process, which is greatly influenced by individual differences. As one of the most outstanding individual differences, learning style largely determines learners’ selection of learning strategies and thereby has a great effect on learning outcomes. Matching learning strategies with learning styles has a great potential in enhancing learning. Alth...

Kolb’s Learning Styles Inventory is one of the most commonly used instruments to identify a learner’s style. This paper attempts to find out whether our own perception of our learning style matches other people’s perception of our learning style. We have used a 360-degree technique to measure an individual’s learning style as perceived by others. A Mean Learning Style and a Learning Style Vecto...

The objectives of this study were to find out (1) whether or not there significant correlations between learning styles (visual, audio, kinesthetic) and English proficiency, (2) economic status (3) parents’ educational background (4) predictor variables (learning styles, status, background) the criterion variable (English proficiency). In correlational study, data collection was obtained throug...

AbstractWe present a novel method of learning style-agnostic representation using both style transfer and adversarial in the reinforcement framework. The style, here, refers to task-irrelevant details such as color background images, where generalizing learned policy across environments with different styles is still challenge. Focusing on representations, our trains actor diverse image generat...

conclusions the pattern of visual impairment in learning-impaired children is not much different from that in normal children; however, because these children may not be able to express themselves clearly, lack of correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment has resulted in a marked defect in recognizing visual disorders in these children. therefore, gaining knowledge of the prevalence of refrac...

Insects have evolved physiological adaptations and behavioral strategies that allow them to cope with a broad spectrum of environmental challenges and contribute to their evolutionary success. Visual performance plays a key role in this success. Correlates between life style and eye organization have been reported in various insect species. Yet, if and how visual ecology translates effectively ...