<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The study focuses on the identification of the relationship between the learning style and mental representation of curriculum content. The research problem identifies the relationship between the learning style factors - responsibility and task structuring and the selected categories of curriculum content representation - consistency and the quality of hierarchy identified through mind mapping. For the purposes of the research, we used the LSI Questionnaire by R. Dunn, K. Dunn and G. E. Price, a mind mapping test and chi-square statistics were used for the evaluation of research findings. The research sample consisted of 115 respondents. By means of analysis, we found out that a learning style in the observed factors of responsibility and task structuring does not influence students’ mental representation of the curriculum content.</p></abstract>

The study focuses on the identification of the relationship between the learning style and mental representation of curriculum content. The research problem identifies the relationship between the learning style factors - responsibility and task structuring and the selected categories of curriculum content representation - consistency and the quality of hierarchy identified through mind mapping. For the purposes of the research, we used the LSI Questionnaire by R. Dunn, K. Dunn and G. E. Price, a mind mapping test and chi-square statistics were used for the evaluation of research findings. The research sample consisted of 115 respondents. By means of analysis, we found out that a learning style in the observed factors of responsibility and task structuring does not influence students’ mental representation of the curriculum content.

Responsibility and Task Structuring as the Basic Attributes of Learning Styles and Their Relation Towards Consistency and the Quality of Hierarchy of a Learner’s Mind Map

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Education, Department of Pedagogy, Nitra, Slovakia

Acta Educationis Generalis

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The study focuses on the identification of the relationship between the learning style and mental representation of curriculum content. The research problem...

Responsibility and Task Structuring as the Basic Attributes of Learning Styles and Their Relation Towards Consistency and the Quality of Hierarchy of a Learner’s Mind Map

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Aug. 2016

Seitenbereich: 29 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2016-0010

Schlüsselwörter
learning style, mind map, mental representation of curriculum content, semantic net, text structuring, responsibility, task structuring

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Responsibility and Task Structuring as the Basic Attributes of Learning Styles and Their Relation Towards Consistency and the Quality of Hierarchy of a Learner’s Mind Map

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Aug. 2016

Seitenbereich: 29 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2016-0010

Schlüsselwörterlearning style, mind map, mental representation of curriculum content, semantic net, text structuring, responsibility, task structuring

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
learning style, mind map, mental representation of curriculum content, semantic net, text structuring, responsibility, task structuring