A psychometric study of the index of learning styles©

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-319

  Litzinger, Thomas A ^a,d   Lee, Sang Ha ^b   Wise, John C ^b,d   Felder, Richard M ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d 108A Rackley Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; RELIABILITY THEORY; STUDENTS;

DICHOTOMOUS RESPONSE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LEARNING STYLES; VALIDITY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 35948995858     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00941.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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