In this study, it is aimed to determination of the relationship between learning styles and TIMSS mathematics achievements of eighth grade students. Correlational research design that is one of the quantitative research methods, was used in this study. The sample of the research consists of 652 8th grade students 347 are male and 305 are female…

This article considers the concepts of "learning style" and "learning strategy". The former connotes an inbuilt trait which tends to remain fundamental to the way an individual approaches learning. The latter refers to a set of consciously-acquired and applied approaches or tactics designed to achieve a learning task. The article relates these…

Results of three studies involving Down syndrome students suggested that the auditory-visual recall difference evidenced by nonretarded but not by retarded Ss may have been due to the differential use of information in echoic memory. (Author)

Discusses issues related to orality, aurality, and literacy in the teaching and understanding of mathematics. Also discusses ritual and tradition in mathematics instruction. (MM)

Facing the ambiguous status of in-school music literacy, this follow-up eight-year study aims to touch on the effects of traditional staff notation (SN) learning on student's intuitive symbolizing behavior and musical perception. Subjects were 47 second-graders attending a religious Jewish school in Israel. One "pre-literate" meeting, in…

The results indicated that ear occlusion improved performance in the majority of Ss and that unilateral occlusion effectively eliminated the auditory figure-ground disorder in most Ss. (Author)

The article reviews existing clinical tests of speech perception, describes behaviorally defined procedures for assessing the skill in normal and language disordered children, and notes the need for a more cohesive framework for the development of speech perception. (CL)

Twenty-one hearing-impaired children (6- to 14-years-old) who had received unisensory instruction for at least three years were administered a series of syllable reception tests. Subjects showed significantly more improvement when audition was added to visual reception than has been shown in previous studies of children educated in "multisensory"…

The first of a three-volume final report contains results of six studies on teaching visually impaired students (grades 4-12) to use recorded reference materials. It is explained in the first study that 36 blind Ss demonstrated an acceptable level of proficiency in using dictionary and encyclopedia materials after being trained on the Aural Study…

The chapter describes developments in the use of residual hearing in educating hearing impaired children from ancient times to the present and raises questions concerning the usefulness of auditory training, the age at which amplification should be provided, hearing and lipreading in combination, and effects of powerful hearing aids on residual…

Visually impaired students need specially designed relief maps to learn map reading and to achieve geographic literacy. The development of geographic instructional materials, including relief maps and audio-tutorial cassette tapes, for low-vision students in grades 5-10 is described. (AM)

Discusses the benefits of using mental-memorization techniques in conjunction with kinesthetic memory. Expounds that memorization helps students feel both more secure and musical. Describes several kinds of memory: physical kinesthetic, mental kinesthetic, visual memory, aural memory, and structural memory. Gives tips for strengthening memory and…

Presented for teachers of visually impaired students is a curriculum guide focusing on listening skills. The guide provides hierarchically arranged long range goals and short term objectives for skills in auditory reception, auditory discrimination, auditory memory, auditory sequential memory, auditory closure, auditory association, and auditory…

Describes the four types of learning modalities (kinesthetic, tactual, auditory, and visual) and provides suggestions for adapting teaching styles. (SK)

Discusses the importance of aural comprehension in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learning, examining the history ESL aural-comprehension instruction; the importance of reviewing the status of aural-comprehension activities in ESL curriculum; and the importance of reviewing additional aspects of the program. Four aural-comprehension…