Abstract
Learners differ as to the manner in which they perceive, encode, and store information. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of subjects' predetermined learning (cognitive) style on ability to replicate target locations in a task requiring extent of movement. Subjects were assessed as having one of three cognitive styles, verbal, visual, and tactual. They used three different coding strategies prior to reproducing three sets of three targets and a control (no coding) condition. One coding technique was designed to be compatible with the subject's cognitive style. Multiple regression analyses for absolute error indicated moderate to high prediction of performance using a covert rehearsal technique in a manner similar to each subject's perferred learning style for both immediate and delayed recall. However, predicting performance for the direction of error (CE) was relatively low.
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