title: Lack of correlations of sense-modality-oriented indices of learning styles with each other and with classroom tasks.
abstract: Four indices used to measure 36 students' preferred sense modality did not correlate well with each other or with classroom tasks such as recalling visual and auditory information from a videotape, imaging ability, problem solving, etc. Three were paper-and-pencil indices for group presentation (Fleming and Mills' test, Kirby, Moore, and Schofield's index, and Westman's index), and one required individual testing (Swassing-Barbe Modality Index). Students indicated that their analyses of task requirements rather than their preferences for sense modality determined the use of their sense modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA. Psy_Westman@online.emich.edu
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Westman
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Alliston
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Theriault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D012649:Self Concept; D013067:Speech Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014110:Touch