Overview

Teachers often assume that student performance levels are based on the student's intelligence, effort, and motivation. This book argues that the difference in students' knowledge of course material may be nothing more than differences in intellectual styles of learning or thinking. Intellectual styles, an umbrella term for such constructs as cognitive styles, learning styles, teaching styles, and thinking styles, refer to people's preferred ways of processing information. This stimulating and provocative text integrates the most recent theories and research on intellectual styles. It distinguishes styles from other constructs, such as intellectual capacity or effort levels. It situates the field of styles within the large context of the psychological, educational, and business literatures. It presents perspectives on the controversial issues and emerging debates in the field. It provides concrete guidelines for practitioners to apply the concept of styles to educational and business settings.

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Author:   Li-fang Zhang ,  Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9780826104601

ISBN 10:   0826104606
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   22 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: MODELS; Chapter 1. A Duplex Model of Cognitive Style; Chapter 2. The Disposition to Understand for Yourself at University and Beyond: Learning Processes, the Will to Learn, and Sensitivity to Context; Chapter 3. Revisiting the Value Issue in Intellectual Styles; Chapter 4. How are Intellectual Styles Related to Creativity Across Multiple Domains?; Chapter 5. Re-affirming Style as an Individual Difference - Toward a Global Paradigm or Knowledge Diaspora?; PART II: APPLICATIONS; Chapter 6. Problem Solving, Creativity, and the Level-Style Distinction; Chapter 7. The Place of Cognitive Style in Pedagogy: Realising Potential in Practice; Chapter 8. Learning Styles Applied: Harnessing Students' Instructional Style Preferences.

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Li-fang Zhang, PhD is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong, where she served as Associate Dean between 2007 and 2010. Robert J. Sternberg, PhD, is Provost and Senior Vice President as well as Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University. His PhD is from Stanford and he holds 11 honorary doctorates. Sternberg is the author of roughly 1250 publications and has won two dozen awards. He is President-Elect of the Federation of Associations of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, President of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, and a former President of the American Psychological Association.

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