lmost฀ thirty฀ years฀ ago,฀ St.฀ John’s฀ University฀ and฀ the฀ National฀ Association฀ of฀ Secondary฀ School฀ Principals฀ (NASSP)฀ cooperated฀ to฀ explore฀ the฀ possible฀ impact฀ of฀ learning-style฀ instructional฀ strategies฀ on฀ stu- dent฀achievement฀and฀attitudes.฀In฀five฀years,฀that฀initial฀ effort฀expanded฀into฀a฀national฀network฀that฀continued฀ expanding฀to฀include฀thirty฀centers฀on฀four฀continents฀by฀ 1994.฀The฀group,฀the฀International฀Learning฀Styles฀Net- work,฀currently฀includes฀one฀or฀more฀centers฀in฀Australia,฀ Bermuda,฀ Brunei,฀ Denmark,฀ Finland,฀ the฀ Philippines,฀ Singapore,฀Sweden,฀Turkey,฀and฀the฀United฀States.฀ Originally,฀the฀researchers฀implemented฀many฀theo- rists’฀learning-style฀models,฀examined฀their฀effects,฀and฀ analyzed฀ their฀ results฀ (Gregorc฀ 1982;฀ Hill฀ 1971;฀ Kolb฀ 1976;฀ McCarthy฀ 1982;฀ NASSP฀ 1999,฀ ctd.฀ in฀ Thom- son฀ 1980).฀ After฀ several฀ years฀ of฀ experimentation,฀ the฀ Network฀ board฀ unanimously฀ decided฀ to฀ focus฀ on฀ the฀ Dunn฀ and฀ Dunn฀ learning-style฀ model฀ because฀ of฀ its฀ extensive฀ research฀ base฀ (Shea฀ Doolan฀ 2004).฀ Today,฀ the฀International฀Learning฀Styles฀Network฀(2008)฀Web฀ site฀highlights฀a฀bibliography฀that฀includes฀more฀than฀ 870฀studies฀on฀this฀model฀that฀researchers฀at฀more฀than฀ 135฀ institutions฀ of฀ higher฀ education฀ worldwide฀ have฀ conducted.฀The฀site฀also฀alerts฀educators฀to฀conferences,฀ seminars,฀ workshops฀ that฀ individual฀ centers฀ conduct,฀ and฀an฀annual฀international฀institute฀to฀which฀partici- pating฀ centers฀ contribute.฀ It฀ is฀ important฀ to฀ highlight฀ the฀comments฀of฀the฀educators฀who฀have฀been฀involved฀ at฀the฀forefront฀of฀this฀network฀over฀time฀and฀to฀sum- marize฀the฀research฀concerned฀with฀the฀effects฀of฀learn- ing฀style฀on฀students฀in฀multiple฀locations. Impact฀of฀Learning-Style฀ Instructional฀Strategies฀฀ on฀Students’฀Achievement฀ and฀Attitudes:฀Perceptions฀of฀ Educators฀in฀Diverse฀Institutions RITA DUNN, ANDREA HONIGSFELD, and LAURA SHEA DOOLAN with LENA BOSTROM, KAREN RUSSO, MARJORIE S. SCHIERING, BERNADYN SUH, and HENRY TENEDERO Rita฀Dunn,฀EdD,฀is฀a฀professor฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Administrative฀and฀Instructional฀Leadership,฀coordi- nator฀of฀the฀Instructional฀Leadership฀Doctoral฀Program,฀and฀director฀of฀the฀Center฀for฀the฀Study฀of฀Learn- ing฀and฀Teaching฀Styles,฀St.฀John’s฀University,฀NY.฀Andrea฀Honigsfeld,฀EdD,฀is฀an฀associate฀dean฀of฀the฀ Division฀of฀Education,฀Molloy฀College,฀Rockville฀Centre,฀NY,฀a฀Fulbright฀Scholar,฀and฀codirector฀of฀the฀Col- orado฀Learning฀Styles฀Center.฀Laura฀Shea฀Doolan,฀EdD,฀is฀an฀associate฀professor฀in฀the฀Division฀of฀Educa- tion,฀Molloy฀College.฀Lena฀Bostrom,฀PhD,฀is฀an฀associate฀professor฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Jönköping,฀Sweden.฀ Karen฀Russo,฀EdD,฀is฀an฀assistant฀professor฀of฀child฀study,฀St.฀Joseph’s฀College,฀Brooklyn,฀NY.฀Marjorie฀ S.฀Schiering,฀EdD,฀is฀an฀associate฀professor฀in฀the฀Division฀of฀Education,฀Molloy฀College.฀Bernadyn฀Suh,฀ EdD,฀is฀an฀associate฀professor฀of฀education฀at฀Dowling฀College,฀Oakdale,฀NY.฀Henry฀Tenedero,฀MA,฀is฀ director฀of฀one฀of฀the฀two฀Philippine฀Learning฀Style฀Centers.฀Copyright฀©฀2008฀Heldref฀Publications 135 Abstract:฀Educators฀from฀various฀institutions฀responded฀ to฀ key฀ questions฀ concerning฀ learning฀ style฀ as฀ it฀ was฀ implemented฀ in฀ their฀ institutions฀ and฀ communities.฀ Among฀those฀items฀explored฀were฀the฀impact฀of฀learn- ing฀styles฀on฀teaching฀practices,฀syllabi,฀and฀values฀and฀ whether฀the฀construct฀improved฀instruction฀or฀student฀ outcomes,฀ how฀ it฀ improved฀ students’฀ perceptions฀ of฀ their฀learning฀outcomes,฀and฀how฀it฀contributed฀to฀the฀ profession฀of฀education. Keywords:฀international฀learning-style฀network฀centers,฀ learning฀style,฀student฀outcomes,฀teaching฀practices A