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EJ872051 - Assessing the Impact of the 4MAT Teaching Model across Multiple Disciplines in Higher Education

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ERIC #:	EJ872051
Title:	Assessing the Impact of the 4MAT Teaching Model across Multiple Disciplines in Higher Education
Authors:	Nicoll-Senft, Joan M.; Seider, Susan N.
Descriptors:	Higher Education; Cognitive Style; Elementary Secondary Education; Teaching Models; Likert Scales; Faculty; Teaching Methods; Evaluation; Models; Learning Processes; Academic Achievement; College Faculty; Enrollment; College Students; Focus Groups; Interviews
Source:	College Teaching, v58 n1 p19-27 Jan-Mar 2010
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Heldref Publications. 1319 Eighteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Tel: 800-365-9753; Tel: 202-296-6267; Fax: 202-293-6130; e-mail: subscribe@heldref.org; Web site: http://www.heldref.org
Publication Date:	2010-00-00
Pages:	9
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	Much attention has focused on learning styles and their impact on the teaching and learning process; however, little has been done to systematically incorporate learning style theory into actual teaching, nor to systematically examine its potential impact on student learning in higher education. As part of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project, six faculty members representing the university's Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Professional Studies, and Engineering and Technology implemented the 4MAT model in their respective classes during the fall 2007 semester. 4MAT is a teaching methodology posited by Bernice McCarthy (1987) that is built upon the principles of learning styles and their relationship to the natural learning cycle. Use of the 4MAT Model in K-12 settings has been supported by research (Wilkerson & White 1988; Blair & Judah 1990). This article lends support to using 4MAT in a higher education setting. Faculty engaged in the SoTL project at the completion of the semester asked their students to complete a Likert scale survey comparing their redesigned courses to comparable college courses. A meta-analysis of these data indicated significant findings for six out of the eight comparative statements measured. (Contains 4 tables.)
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Reference Count:	34

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Identifiers:	Learning Style Inventory
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-8756-7555
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
Direct Link:	http://heldref.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/87567550903245623

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