Hearing-Impaired Students’ Intellectual Styles and Their Influence

Description:

This book is the first on the implications of intellectual styles for higher education of students with hearing impairment. It provides a systematic delineation for intellectual styles of students with hearing impairment in comparison with students without hearing impairment. It takes an initial step to present the analysis concerning the mediating role of intellectual styles in the relationships between personal factors and student developmental outcomes.

Table of contents :

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Why Focus on Intellectual Styles of Students with Hearing Impairment
1.2 Theoretical Framework Proposed by This Book
1.3 Overview of the Book
References
2 Intellectual Styles of Students with Hearing Impairment
2.1 What Are Intellectual Styles?
2.1.1 The Definition and the General Development of Intellectual Styles
2.1.2 The Threefold Model of Intellectual Styles
2.1.3 FDI and Thinking Styles
2.2 Ability, Conceptions of Learning, University Experiences, and Intellectual Styles
2.2.1 Ability and Intellectual Styles
2.2.2 Conceptions of Learning and Intellectual Styles
2.2.3 University Experiences and Intellectual Styles
2.3 Intellectual Styles, University Self-efficacy, and Quality of University Life
2.3.1 Intellectual Styles and Their Impact on University Self-efficacy
2.3.2 Intellectual Styles and Their Influence on Quality of University Life
2.4 Comparison of Intellectual Styles Between Students with and Without Hearing Impairment
2.5 Test Accommodations for Students with Hearing Impairment
2.6 Hearing-Impaired Students’ Acculturation
2.7 Summary
References
3 Validating Verbal Inventories Through Test Accommodations Among Students with Hearing Impairment
3.1 What Do You Know About Test Accommodations
3.1.1 General Introduction to Test Accommodations
3.1.2 The Importance of Test Accommodations
3.1.3 Major Types of Test Accommodations
3.2 Validating the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II Through Test Accommodations
3.3 The Validation of Three Inventories Through Test Accommodations
3.4 Summary
References
4 Style Overlap
4.1 Do Styles Overlap?
4.2 Thinking Styles and FDI Overlapped
4.3 Comparison of Style Overlap Between Students with and Without Hearing Impairment
4.4 Summary
References
5 Style Malleability
5.1 Are Styles Malleable?
5.1.1 Studies on the Relationship Between Personal Factors and Intellectual Styles
5.1.2 Studies on the Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Intellectual Styles
5.1.3 Longitudinal Studies on Changes in Intellectual Styles
5.2 Intellectual Styles Changed After One Year
5.3 University Experiences and Changes in Intellectual Styles
5.4 Comparison of Style Malleability Between Students with and Without Hearing Impairment
5.5 Summary
References
6 Style Value
6.1 Are Styles Value-Laden or Value-Free?
6.1.1 Studies on the Influence of Styles on Cognitive Variables
6.1.2 Studies on the Influence of Intellectual Styles on Social-Emotional Variables
6.2 Intellectual Styles and Quality of University Life
6.3 Intellectual Styles and University Self-efficacy
6.4 Comparison of Style Value Between Students with and Without Hearing Impairment
6.5 Summary
References
7 The Mediating Function of Intellectual Styles
7.1 How Do You Interpret the Mediating Function?
7.2 Intellectual Styles as a Mediator
7.3 Comparison Regarding the Mediating Function of Intellectual Styles Between Students with and Without Hearing Impairment
7.4 Summary
References
8 Stylistic Similarities and Differences of Students with and without Hearing Impairment
8.1 What Are the Similarities and Differences in Styles Among Diverse Student Populations
8.2 Stylistic Similarities and Differences of Students with and without Hearing Impairment
8.2.1 Similarities and Differences in Intellectual Styles
8.2.2 Similarities and Differences Concerning the Influence of Intellectual Styles on Student Developmental Outcomes
8.2.3 Similarities and Differences Concerning the Impact of Personal Factors on Style Changes
8.3 Implications
8.4 Summary
References
9 Conclusion
9.1 What Conclusions Can Be Drawn?
9.2 Theoretical Contributions
9.2.1 Theoretical Contributions to the Fields of Key Research Variables
9.2.2 Theoretical Contributions to Shore et al. (2011) Inclusion and Diversity Framework
9.3 Practical Implications
9.3.1 Practical Implications for University/School Administrators and Teachers
9.3.2 Practical Implications for University/School Students
9.4 Limitations of This Study and Directions for Future Research
9.5 Summary
References
Appendix Methodology
The Pilot Study
Sampling
Inventories
Research Procedures
Data Analyses
The Main Study
Sampling
Inventories
Research Procedures
Data Analyses
The Qualitative Study
Participants
The Interview Protocol
Research Procedures
Data Analysis
Appendix A Sample Items of the Thinking Styles Inventory RII
Appendix B Sample Items of the Group Embedded Test
Appendix C Sample Items of the Short Form of Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices
Appendix D Sample Items of the Conceptions of Learning Inventory III
Appendix E Sample Items of the Quality of University Life Measure
Appendix F Sample Items of the University Self-efficacy Scale
Appendix G Protocol for the Semi-structured Interview
References