The relationship between learning styles and cognitive traits - Getting additional information for improving student modelling

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-137

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

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITIVE TRAIT MODEL; FELDER-SILVERMAN LEARNING STYLE MODEL; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38149021488     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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