Title : 
What Can We Learn from Long-Time Lasting Measurements of Felder-Silverman´s Learning Styles?
         
        
            Author : 
Giovannella, Carlo
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Sci. & Technol. of Educ. & ScuolaIaD, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This article describes a study, lasted three academic years, aiming to detect modifications of learning styles (LS) over the time. LS measurements have been performed according to the Felder-Silverman´s learning styles model (FSLSM) and measuring tool (ILS questionnaire). Experimental results show that individual LS measured after one or two year/s, are subjected to high variability. On the contrary, changes in the mean values of LS (worked out over homogeneous groups) - useful to highlight effects of a given curriculum or educational environment on the subjects - are much more stable, although deserve low sensitivity.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer aided instruction; Felder-Silverman learning styles; ILS questionnaire; LS measurements; curriculum environment; educational environment; long-time lasting measurements; measuring tool; technology enhanced learning; Adaptation models; Conferences; Correlation; Educational institutions; Physics; Sensitivity; Visualization; Felder-Silverman´s learning styles model; Learning styles; long term learning style measurements;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rome
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-1642-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICALT.2012.187