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Baukal, Charles E.; Ausburn, Lynna J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Many have argued for increased continuing education for working engineers, but relatively little research has been done on how to most effectively teach that group. Many have also recommended using learner characteristics to enhance learning, but relatively little is known about the learner characteristics of working engineers. In the study…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Cognitive Style, Learning Modalities
Ausburn, Lynna J. – 1979
A U.S. Air Force study was designed to investigate simultaneously four cognitive styles--field dependence-independence, reflectivity-impulsivity, leveling-sharpening, and visual-haptics. A sample of 206 undergraduate volunteers at the University of Oklahoma were tested with the Successive Perceptual Test I (SPT-I), the Hidden Figures Test (HFT),…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Discriminant Analysis, Learning Modalities