Re: Learning styles - are we on the same page?

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Kurtrowley@aol.com
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:50:16 EST 

From: Kurtrowley@aol.com
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:50:16 EST
Subject: Re: Learning styles - are we on the same page?

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> I looked through this thread and could not find a clear consensus on what
> we mean by learning style. I know it as the work that Kolbe at Case Western
> Reseve University has done over the years. His LSI (Learning Style
> Inventory) identifies Divergers, Convergers, Accomodaters and Assimilators.
> Is this the use of the term that everyone else is using?

Good question. I would consider those to be as much cognitive styles as
learning styles. When I think of learning styles, it is usually in terms of
input channel preferences, such as visual, verbal, and haptic (kinesthetic).

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