Why I Use Discussion Boards

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Individual differences are “characteristic modes of perceiving, remembering, thinking, problem solving, and decision making, reflective of information-processing regularities that develop in congenial ways around underlying personality trends”(Messick, 1994, p. 122).

• Research has shown that a course management system like Blackboard can be tailored to individual differences, and thus, reduces anxiety.

Related Resources

Messick, S. (1994). The matter of style: Manifestations of personality in cognition, learning, and teaching. Educational Psychologist, 29, 121-136.

Carmean, C. & Haefner, J. (2002). Mind over matter:transforming course management systems into effective learning environments, Educause review, 11/12.