| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) |
| Contents |
Motivation for this book -- Distinguishing intellectual styles from intelligence and personality -- Creativity and intellectual styles -- Intellectual styles in student learning processes and developmental outcomes -- Intellectual styles of school teachers and university academics -- Intellectual styles in the workplace -- Intellectual styles among the mentally and physically disadvantaged -- Explicit and implicit intellectual style preferences -- Conclusions, limitations, future directions, scientific significance, and practical implications |
| Summary |
"Intellectual styles are individuals' preferred ways of using their abilities. This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of existing research on the value and desirability of different intellectual styles. By critically analyzing findings from hundreds of international studies undertaken over eight decades, Li-fang Zhang demonstrates that the creativity-generating Type I styles are generally superior to the norm-conforming Type II styles in relation to a wide range of learning processes and developmental outcomes, work performance, physical and mental health, and many other domains of people's lives. She further demonstrates that people explicitly and implicitly express their preference for Type I styles over Type II styles. Professor Zhang elucidates the practical value of cultivating diverse intellectual styles, especially Type I styles, in both academic and nonacademic settings, and lays the groundwork for future research to advance the field of intellectual styles and to inform scholarly work in other academic disciplines."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (CambridgeCore platform, viewed January 16, 2018) |
| Subject |
Cognitive styles.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Cognitive styles
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Learning, Psychology of
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316014561 |
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1316014568 |
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9781108523813 |
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1108523811 |
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1107443202 |
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9781107443204 |
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1108505937 |
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9781108505932 |
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1108513387 |
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9781108513388 |
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1108514871 |
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9781108514873 |
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1108517854 |
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9781108517850 |
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