.... This study aimed to determine whether entrepreneurial experience has an influence on the preferred learning styles of students. The study also investigated the appropriateness of the Reduced Kolb Learning Style Inventory as a measuring instrument. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted...

...Guilherme Luz Tortorella; Rogério Miorando; Diego Fettermann; Diego Tlapa Mendoza Purpose This article identifies the association between two methods for teaching lean manufacturing (LM): problem-based learning (PBL) and classroom lectures, and students' learning styles of a postgraduate course...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning methods Learning styles Problem-based learning Various studies have suggested that engineering graduates need to acquire and demonstrate a set of generic or “soft” skills...

...Darwish Abdulrahman Yousef Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the use of Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) to investigate the learning style preferences of undergraduate students at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) in the United Arab Emirates...

...Denise M. Jepsen; Melinda M. Varhegyi; Stephen T.T. Teo Purpose – Although learning styles and teaching quality have been studied separately, the association between the association between the two has yet to be identified. The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between...

...Dr Paul Jones and Dr Heather Skinner; Jack Goulding; Sharifah Syed-Khuzzan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use, construct, and pervasiveness of learning styles theory. Whilst extant literature has provided educational theorists with a temporal landscape for promoting...

... and long‐term effects of a workshop on teaching and learning styles with regard to changing teachers' implicit beliefs and teaching practice. Findings Fourteen months after a two‐day workshop on learning and teaching styles, teachers' implicit beliefs about learning and teaching remain explicit...

...Carol Evans; Martin Graff; Zarina M. Charlesworth Purpose This paper seeks to present research findings on the relationship between culture and learning styles, as defined by Honey and Mumford in a Higher Education setting. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted with first...

...Eugene Sadler‐Smith; Carol Evans; Lena Boström; Liv M. Lassen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the field of learning, learning style, meta‐cognition, strategies and teaching by classifying different levels of the learning process. The paper aims to present an attempt to identify how...

... in the process of constructing knowledge, and investigate the relationship between students' questions, approaches to learning, and learning styles. Design/methodology/approach The questions raised by 100 first‐year chemistry students in Science and Engineering courses at the University of Aveiro, Portugal...

...Eugene Sadler‐Smith; Carol Evans; Simon Cassidy Purpose In the light of the growing emphasis on independent learning and non‐technical skills in education and employment, the study aims to examine the relevance of learning style to student self‐assessment skill. Design/methodology/approach...

... cultural traditions, while simultaneously promoting the ability of international health professionals to work within a Western society. Understanding learning styles provides a link to predicting and improving educational achievement as well as improving vocational selection, guidance and placement...

.... Originality/value The findings from the numerous studies on the implications of considering the function of individual differences in using web‐based learning are notable and useful in the context of web‐based instruction. Learning styles Cognitive mapping Data handling Worldwide web Architecture...

...Eugene Sadler‐Smith; Carol Evans; Carol Evans; Eugene Sadler‐Smith Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers from the 10th Annual European Learning Styles Information Network Conference. Design/methodology/approach The paper looks at problems, developments...

..., appropriate assessment, and emphasis on independence scales) and workload (appropriate workload) (Wilson et al., 1997). Another study showed that the factors in the CEQ may be expressed as a single higher order factor (Lawless and Richardson, 2002) Learning methods Learning styles...

...Gary Pheiffer; Debbie Holley; David Andrew Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of learning styles in developing learning in a higher education context. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a case study of a year one introductory module for first‐year university...

... to examine the influence of learning style preferences on team learning performance. Design/methodology/approach The Grasha‐Riechmann Student Learning Style Scales (GRSLSS) is used to assess the learning style preferences of business students enrolled in an operations management class. Findings...

...David P. Spicer Results of a study into the relationships between students’ academic performance and their cognitive and learning styles are presented. A questionnaire containing three instruments assessing learning and cognition was distributed to second‐ and final‐year undergraduates studying...

... and discusses the findings in relation to the issues raised in the literature review. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Multimedia Higher education Students Teaching methods Learning styles Learning technology has had a tremendous impact on the higher education (HE) sector, and led to a rush...

... for the development of reflective learning. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Higher education Assessment Critical path analysis Learning styles Thinking styles The purpose of this paper is to identify the main problems in assessing reflective learning and to propose how they might be resolved. In so doing...