Learning styles and cognitive traits - Their relationship and its benefits in web-based educational systems

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1280-1289

  Graf, Sabine ^a   Liu, Tzu Chien ^b   Kinshuk, ^a   Chen, Nian Shing ^c   Yang, Stephen J H ^b  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Cognitive traits; Felder Silverman learning style model; Learning styles; Student modelling; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; COGNITIVE TRAITS; FELDER-SILVERMAN LEARNING STYLE MODEL; LEARNING STYLES; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY;

STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 69549097494     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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