Learning styles have been used in education for classifying students by their preferences for taking in, processing, and demonstrating information¶
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q1 i? Learning styles have been used to classify students by their preferences relative to taking information in, processing it, and demonstrating their ability in educational contexts. → Deborah Adkins 2018
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Deborah Adkins 2018¶
Deborah Adkins, Meg Guerreiro. (2018). Learning styles: Considerations for technology enhanced item design: Learning styles. British Journal of Educational Technology 49(10). https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/learning-styles-considerations-for-technology-enhanced-item-design-learning-styles/ doi:10.1111/bjet.12556
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The article's abstract states, as background framing, that "Learning styles (LS) have been used for classifying students by their preferences" across taking in, processing, and demonstrating ability. No data or effect size is reported for this statement.
"Learning styles (LS) have been used for classifying students by their preferences relative to taking information in, processing it and demonstrating their ability in the context of education."
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Related Claims¶
- The literature contains a gap regarding the development of assessments based on learning styles — related
- Learning Styles Matching Does Not Improve Learning — related
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Learning styles have been used in education for classifying students by their preferences for taking in, processing, and demonstrating information |
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Learning styles have been used in education for classifying students by their preferences for taking in, processing, and demonstrating information |
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