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Download full textKyllonen, Patrick C.; Walters, Alyssa M.; Kaufman, James C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
This report reviews the literature on noncognitive and other background predictors (e.g., personality, attitudes, and interests) as it pertains to graduate education. The first section reviews measures typically used in studies of graduate school outcomes, such as attrition and time to degree. A review of qualities faculty members and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Direct linkMorton-Rias, Dawn; Dunn, Rita; Terregrossa, Ralph; Geisert, Gene; Mangione, Robert; Ortiz, Samuel; Honigsfeld, Andrea – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2008
This research identified and compared the learning styles of 154 ethnically diverse, upper division undergraduate and graduate students in Allied Health utilizing the "Building Excellence" (BE) (Rundle & Dunn, 2000) and the "Productivity Environmental Preference Survey" (PEPS) (Dunn, Dunn, & Price, 1996). Relationships among age, class standing,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cognitive Style, Effect Size, Allied Health Occupations Education
Gentry, Ruben; Ellison, Viola G. – 1981
The authors point out that to effectively work with disadvantaged (specifically Black) college students, teachers must make the curriculum reflect on social changes and other phenomena which interest them and should include strategies which appeal to the cultural uniqueness and learning styles of Blacks. Initial sections address the status of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Style, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Liu, Yuliang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
This comparative study was designed to investigate how online and traditional face-to-face (FtF) students used different learning styles in a graduate educational course. A nonequivalent control group design was employed. The study involved 19 students in an experimental group (online section) and 25 students in a control group (FtF section) in a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Cognitive Style, Control Groups
Hinton, Samuel – 1992
This paper discusses research designed to determine the learning style preferences of students in a graduate class. The theoretical backdrop for the study was that learning styles impact on both the academic achievement of students and the teaching effectiveness of the instructor. Fifteen students, ranging in age from 23 to over 37, in a research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Riley, Doris – 1992
This paper gathers information on the values, cognition, and educational background of African students studying at universities in the United States. The section on values notes that Americans are task-oriented individualists, while Africans are primarily relationship-oriented collectivists. These values of sharing and relationship orientation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
