LEARNING STYLES IN AN ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL READING ENVIRONMENT
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https://doi.org/10.5212/uniletras.v26i1.135Abstract
A study (Oliveira, 2002) carried out to investigate the reading strategies used by EFL Brazilian students in an instructional hypertextual platform evidenced, among other things, that learning styles considerably influence the way reading material is approached in an electronic environment. The purpose of this paper is to report on these results. In order to inform and contextualize our understanding of the issue, some space is devoted to the following elements: the concept of new literacy; a brief historical overview of hypertext, its characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, and contrasting features in relation to hardcopy; and the concept of learning styles as viewed by some outstanding researchers. Finally, those issues are conflated so as to evidence that learning styles do influence the way electronic reading is approached.
Key words: reading strategies; hypertext;eletonic reading; learning styles
Um estudo (Oliveira, 2002) realizado para investigar as estratégias de leitura utilizadas por alunos universitários brasileiros em ambiente eletrônico revelou, entre outras coisas, que os estilos de aprendizagem influenciam consideravelmente o modo como o material instrucional de leitura é abordado. O objetivo deste trabalho é relatar como se dá a escolha de estratégias de leitura dependendo do estilo de aprendizagem de cada sujeito. A fim de melhor contextualizar a questão, alguns conceitos serão aqui discutidos, tais como o conceito de letramento, hipertexto e estilos de aprendizagem.
Palavras-chave: estratégias de leitura; hipertexto; leitura em ambiente eletrônico; estilos de aprendizagem
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