Preservice and Experienced Teachers’ Ability to Diagnose Learning Styles

Matching Teachers' and Students' Cognitive Styles

“…Prefer occupations that allow them to work by themselves environments have learning consequences based on whether the teachers and students match or mismatch in cognitive style. Proponents of learning styles advocate that students' learning styles be matched with the teachers' instructional styles to foster their learning (Ebeling, 2000;Pettigrew and Buell, 1989). They contend that learning is more constructive when students are presented with information that matches their cognitive styles (Hodges and Evans, 1983).…”

An Introduction to Learning and Teaching Styles: Making the Match

“…Student learning styles reflect genetic coding, personality development, and environmental adaptations (Pettigrew and Buell 1989). For example, a student may learn best by seeing, hearing, reflecting, or actively involving themselves.…”

“…An individual's learning style is multifaceted (Pettigrew and Buell 1989). In general, most models describe sensory modalities (i.e., visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) and intellectual processes (i.e., active, reflective, global, or analytical).…”

“…How a student learns is considered her or his individual learning style. Student learning styles reflect genetic coding, personality development, and environmental adaptations (Pettigrew and Buell 1989).…”

“…In general, most models describe sensory modalities (i.e., visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) and intellectual processes (i.e., active, reflective, global, or analytical). An individual's learning style is multifaceted (Pettigrew and Buell 1989). For example, a particular student may process new information best when she or he hears (auditory) the information in a structured (analytical) context.…”