Learning style, judgements of learning, and learning of verbal and visual information

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 544-563

  Knoll, Abby R ^a   Otani, Hajime ^a   Skeel, Reid L ^a   Van Horn, K Roger ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cued recall; judgement of learning; learning style

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; VISUAL INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84993972081     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12214     Document Type: Article

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