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Peer reviewedMeyer, J. H. F. – Higher Education, 1996
Studies based on an individual-difference model of student learning are reviewed. The "fitting" of conceptual models of student learning to atypical individual-similarity data structures is discussed, and an experimental categorization for such structures is outlined. Use of a locus model is also examined. It is argued that conceptual models of…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGeisler-Brenstein, E.; And Others – Higher Education, 1996
A study of 325 university students explored relationships between personality and learning styles in students with high or low self-esteem. Ways that personality and learning theory can combine to help define individual differences in learning, their origins, manifestation, and amenability to change are examined. Implications for achievement,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedJanssen, P. J. – Higher Education, 1996
Studaxology is a theory that explains to the college student how to become organized within the study environment, based on what the student experiences while studying. Its core is a 3x3 matrix of study experiences. Interpretation of the matrix enables the student to meet deep-level learning demands for optimal functioning in higher education.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Independent Study, Individual Differences


