TY - GEN
T1 - An exploratory sludy of the relationship between learning styles and cognitive traits
AU - Graf, Sabine
AU - Lin, Taiyu
AU - Jeffrey, Lynn
AU - Kinshuk,
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - To provide personalization and adaptivity in technology enhanced learning systems, the needs of learners have to be known by the system first. Detecting these needs is a challenging task and therefore, mechanisms that support this task are beneficial. This paper discusses the relationship between learning styles, in particular the Felder-Silverman learning style model, and working memory capacity, a cognitive trait. Due to this relationship, additional information about the learner is available and can be used to improve the student model. An exploratory study is presented to verify the identified relationship based on the literature. The results of the study show that the identified relationship between working memory capacity and two of the four dimensions of the learning style model is significantly supported. For the two remaining dimensions further research is required.
AB - To provide personalization and adaptivity in technology enhanced learning systems, the needs of learners have to be known by the system first. Detecting these needs is a challenging task and therefore, mechanisms that support this task are beneficial. This paper discusses the relationship between learning styles, in particular the Felder-Silverman learning style model, and working memory capacity, a cognitive trait. Due to this relationship, additional information about the learner is available and can be used to improve the student model. An exploratory study is presented to verify the identified relationship based on the literature. The results of the study show that the identified relationship between working memory capacity and two of the four dimensions of the learning style model is significantly supported. For the two remaining dimensions further research is required.
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U2 - 10.1007/11876663_38
DO - 10.1007/11876663_38
M3 - Published Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33750535380
SN - 3540457771
SN - 9783540457770
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 470
EP - 475
BT - Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing - First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2006, Proceedings
T2 - 1st European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2006
Y2 - 1 October 2006 through 4 October 2006
ER -