Cognitive styles and instructional design in university learning

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-202

  Thomas, Patrick R ^a   McKay, Jacinta B ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Matching; Presentation format; Verbalizer; Visualizer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952746200     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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