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This 10 page paper discusses the question of whether or not instruction should match student learning styles, and analyzes three articles that discuss the concept. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the research methods used in three articles about the subject. Discussion First of all, it should be noted that its been somewhat difficult to find general articles that deal with
matching instruction to student learning styles. Many of them discuss the question in relation to specific fields, such as computers or distance learning. However, the references used here discuss the
overall concept. We begin, appropriately enough, with a literature review by Peter F. Cuthbert, who is interesting in exploring two schools of thought with regard to student learning
styles, the "Learning Styles School" and the "Approaches to Learning school" (Cuthbert, 2005). Before considering the two, Cuthbert explores a term often used in connection with learning, "cognitive style," which
is defined as "an individuals consistent preferences for particular ways of gathering, processing and storing information and experiences" (Cuthbert, 2005, p. 235), Cognitive style is seen as a combination of
personality and of "particular methods of thinking," which suggests that it will change little, if at all, during ones lifetime (Cuthbert, 2005, p. 235). One interesting point about this concept
is that there is a possibility that style can be confused with ability (Cuthbert, 2005). That is, some people have suggested that style exists "independently of ability," which means that
some tasks "may seem easier for one individual than another, simply because the task may be better suited to ones individual cognitive style" (Cuthbert, 2005, p. 235). If this is
correct, it would seem to indicate traditional methods of measuring intelligence may be useless. Be that as it may, once he has explained cognitive style, Cuthbert goes on to
describe the Learning Styles school of thought, which describes "an individuals preference for understanding his/her experiences and transforming them into knowledge" (Cuthbert, 2005, p. 235). The Learning Style is presented
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