Improving student modeling: The relationship between learning styles and cognitive traits

IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-44

  Graf, Sabine ^a   Lin, Taiyu ^b   Kinshuk, ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive trait model; Felder Silverman learning style model; Student model; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE TRAIT MODELS; COGNITIVE TRAITS; GLOBAL LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; SEQUENTIAL LEARNING; STUDENT MODELING; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; STUDENTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750556939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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