scholarly journals Perception evaluation kit: a case study with materials and learning styles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainoa Abella ◽  
María Araya León ◽  
Lluís Marco-Almagro ◽  
Laura Clèries Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles

Exploring trainers’ engaging instructional practices: a collective case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishal Arghode ◽  
Jia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Training Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Study Approach

Purpose – This study aims to explore the phenomenon of training engagement from the trainers’ perspective. Specifically, two questions guided this inquiry. First, how do trainers define engagement in the training context? and What strategies do trainers use to engage trainees? Design/methodology/approach – The collective case study approach was adopted for this qualitative study. Seven cases were selected for in-depth analyses. Data were collected through individual, face-to-face interviews and analyzed using the constant comparative analysis method. Findings – Major findings suggest that engaging training practices take various forms. They include being trainee-centered, maximizing learning through entertaining and interesting instruction, accommodating different learning styles, eliciting trainee participation by creating an encouraging learning environment and connecting with trainees by building rapport early in a training session. Research limitations/implications – The small sample limits the generalizability of the findings. However, this study expands training literature by focusing on an under-explored research area, the role of engaging trainees in maximizing learning outcomes. Practical implications – For trainers, this study offered some specific strategies they can use to engage learners in the training context to achieve desired learning outcomes. In addition, the seven cases selected for this study may be used as a benchmark against which both experienced and novice trainers compared their own practices. Originality/value – This is one of very few qualitative studies with a focus on emotional aspects involved in training. The rich data from this study shed light on areas for future improvement, particularly regarding how to effectively engage trainees to maximize learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Digital Storytelling to Unlock Reflective Practice in the Classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Yee Bee Choo ◽  
Tina Abdullah ◽  
Abdullah Mohd Nawi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Literature

It is a common practice that teachers tell stories in the classroom when teaching literature. They are enthusiastic in their teaching profession but students nowadays are diverse in their learning styles and they need different approaches to be taught. Therefore, this study advocates teachers to reflect on their teaching practice to use technology specifically digital storytelling as a teaching method in the classroom. The single case study involved a pre-service teacher who underwent a micro-teaching session in teaching literature. The instruments used were peer observation checklist, the artefacts of digital storytelling, video recording, and reflective journal. The findings indicated that the participant was able to be more aware of her strengths and weaknesses in the crafts of storytelling, personalise her own learning and improve her teaching practice. The implications are for the educators to encourage pre-service teachers to use digital storytelling in the classroom, provide coaching and support to improve their crafts of storytelling in the teaching of children’s literature as well as use digital storytelling as a tool for reflective practice in teacher education.

scholarly journals Behavioral Patterns for Automatic Detection of Learning Styles in Learning Management Systems: a Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Salazar Lugo ◽  
Luis-Felipe Rodríguez ◽  
Ramona Imelda García López ◽  
Adrián Macías Estrada ◽  
Moisés Rodríguez Echeverría
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Automatic Detection ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Learning Management

scholarly journals Inductive/Deductive Learning by Considering the Role of Gender—A Case Study of Iranian French-Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rouhollah Rahmatian ◽  
Fatemeh Zarekar
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Gender Based

<p class="apa">This article defines the objective of discovering the first preferred styles of Iranian learners of French as a Foreign Language (FFL) as regards inductive or deductive learning; and secondly, the difference between gender-based learning tendencies. Considering these points as target variables, the questionnaire developed by Felder and Silverman in 1988 was applied to form the learning styles and consequently to associate them with inductive and deductive approaches. The results led the team to set the idea which is based on the choice of induction or deduction in language learning and the gender variable that follows different directions. Consequently, in terms of the inductive approach, we find ourselves facing a rather male solicitation. A proportion of the use of this approach is also associated with women whose motivation is seen rather noticeably. Moreover, the significance is relative rather than significant in all the relationships studied in this research: males and inductive (1)/deductive learning (2); females and inductive (3)/deductive learning (4); inductive (5)/deductive (6) among Iranians.</p>

Changing Roles and Processes in Online Tuition for Higher Education

2003 ◽  
pp. 283-298
Author(s):  
Gordon Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Administrative Information ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
The Uk

The case study examines a Level 1 undergraduate course delivered totally online to 8,500 students of the UK Open University (OU). Context, philosophy, design and learning outcomes are described. The author compares personal experience of tutoring the course to normal OU distance teaching methods and argues that computer-mediated conferencing (CMC) has a major impact on student learning styles and in changing roles within the teaching team; a learning community develops, triggering co-learning, co-tuition and co-counseling. The CMC also enables efficient academic and administrative information flow, and fast feedback for informal evaluation. The evaluation cycle is completed by reference to student feedback via a Web-site questionnaire and institutional change action. The study shows that technology to support global delivery is adequately robust, and success rates on the programme are similar to other OU courses. Pre-entry and online educational guidance is identified as an area needing further consideration.

Gender Differences of Popular Music Production in Secondary Schools

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Michael Abramo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Original Music ◽  
Music Production ◽  
Musical Production ◽  
Music Class ◽  
Opposite Gender

In this case study, the author inv estigated how students’ gender affected their participation in a secondary popular music class in which participants wrote and performed original music. Three same-gendered rock groups and two mixed-gendered rock groups were observ ed. Would students of different genders rehearse and compose differently? How would same-gendered processes compare to mixed-gendered processes? Research suggests that girls learn differently from boys and that gender—as distinct from sex—is formed in social env ironments. In research on popular music education, howev er, the participation of girls has been under-documented and under-theorized. This study found that boys and girls rehearsed and composed differently: Whereas the boys combined musical gestures and nonv erbal communication into a seamless sonic process, the girls separated talk and musical production. In the mixed-gendered groups, tensions arose because participants used different learning styles that members of the opposite gender misunderstood. Broadening popular music pedagogies to incorporate different practices is suggested.

Portrait of a future teacher: case study of learning styles, strategies, and language disabilities

System ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Nam ◽  
Rebecca L Oxford
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Future Teacher ◽  
Language Disabilities

Appreciative Inquiry: An Experiential Exercise and Course Feedback Tool

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri A. Scandura
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Master’S Degree

The action research method of appreciative inquiry (AI) was employed to develop a teaching tool. This exercise involves students’ reflections on a course, noting when they learned the most. The AI process of appreciating, envisioning, dialoging, and innovating is used to help students reflect on how they learn. Instructors of all types of courses at both the undergraduate and master’s degree levels gain understanding of student learning and ideas on how to improve courses. The exercise and sample responses from students are provided to demonstrate how the exercise works. Three variations are presented: mapping the exercise onto Kolb’s learning styles, running the exercise at the midpoint of a course, and a case study of an AI implementation in an organization.

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