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atwm meinstream end minwity Ibming slyk Wilson (1994) found Native
sludan&tsst6dhighin~of'acliwarpsri~or"~
exmhce', meaning tt!ay learn best in small gmups with projects and spacifk
mmphs. On the dlw hand, she found maimlm students to be more
'ab&act~.Wi%~snd~icalical N a t i u e ~ w e r e ~
10 require m w pmoml interadin than mainstream students, Hwre(ore.
amasibilii, appoechabilii, ard availability mxlld mntrih to Fit3 Nations
student's omdl pdotmance and sucas on aeadem'i and student smkes
dimensions Wlson, 1994).
'Learning pnfaMKps am d'&c(ivs ways in which individusls learn horn
their envimnmerf Wlknr. Dodd, & Bigelm, 1989, p.63). In a study by Walker,
~ & e i ~ ( i ~ ~ l s a r n i n g ~ c ~ ( ~ ~ m ~ o
continua. One was organization ofi- either quent'iny or
sirnuhnsanty, and Hw dher mntinua w8re ksd on the kind of infwmatii
used. The mmbina6ao of Lhsle learning mfemms resulted in (ow abgo6us
of learner: the cuninsd-symbols, Pnitefmd.rymbok patlemed.euentr, or
ou(linebevhmr. Cunent Wmnds on Um publii schwl wniculum bea
learning styta Man oullinod-mm Iwnmr, mst is, m e who to barn
the diSaae part3 and facts of he wbjea. Walker, Dodd & Rigehw (1989) found
mst Amsrican Indian shdem teaming pnfrnmcsrrwae svenly distributed
amag the femalas, while males seemed to pnfar @m-spbd m ng.
Maled pmfeImd learning in smal gmup d'rcuasions held in a non-mmpefitive