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Measuring Learning Styles with Questionnaires versus Direct Observation of Preferential Choice Behavior in Authentic Learning Situations: The Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale (VV-BOS).

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Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1998

Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires.…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Strategies, Observation

Supporting Visual and Verbal Learning Preferences in a Second-Language Multimedia Learning Environment.

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Plass, Jan L.; Chun, Dorothy M.; Mayer, Richard E.; Leutner, Detlev – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998

English-speaking college students (n=103) enrolled in a German course read a German story presented by a computer program which allowed them to choose a verbal or visual (picture or video clip) translation. Students remembered word translations better when they saw both annotations. Implications for a theory of multimedia learning are discussed.…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, German, Higher Education