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Campbell, Lloyd J. – 1990
A survey of teachers in an elementary school building and a literature review indicated that the causes of the lack of individualizing student learning were related to class size, poor leadership, teacher training, and poorly developed learning style instruments. A practicum was designed for classroom teachers to recognize differential learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Craney, Thomas J. – 1989
The practicum was designed to establish a staff development program to help teachers to systematically employ whole-brain and responsive instructional approaches with "at risk" students and to provide the theoretical/conceptual, practical, and experiential knowledge base necessary for program development incorporating cognitive styles.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Wallin, Penny K. – 1990
The purpose of this practicum was to increase teachers' awareness of various learning styles and multiple intelligences in middle school classrooms by analyzing their own styles and applying that knowledge to their teaching styles and strategies. Six workshops designed to introduce, assess, and offer tangible classroom strategies in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Faculty Development, Higher Education
McGavin, Barbara H. – 1990
To improve students' self-concept and vocabulary scores, a practicum unit based in Graeco/Latin derivatives studies in varied learning styles strategies was developed for use in an eleventh grade English class (18 students). After the language analysis and preferred modalities of the target class were identified, students were assigned a target…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Etymology
Newman, Michael K. – 1993
A study identified and analyzed the learning preferences of 17 seriously and chronically mentally ill adults participating in the rehabilitative psychosocial therapy program at the Toxaway Church Site of the Anderson Mental Health Center. Staff perceived as boring and unfocused the traditional treatment approach that relied mainly upon…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Coping
Borzumato, Lawrence P. – 1994
To address an unacceptable failure and withdrawal rate in an introductory psychology course at Ulster County Community College (UCCC), in New York, a project was undertaken to develop a Learning Assistance in Psychology course to help students with skills and concepts. First, a literature review indicating the need for remediation highlighted the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Development


