The Luria model of information processing

The concept of individual differences is as old as the study of Psychology. In recent years, educators have recognised that the differing abilities of learners to process information has important implications for learning outcomes. The study of the interaction between the characteristics of a given learner and his or her success under a given treatment has become known as Aptitude Treatment Interaction ATI (Cronbach and Snow, 1977). Salamon (1972), has described three heuristic models: the Remedial Model; the Compensatory Model; and the Preferential Model, all of which have the worthy objective of helping individual learners to achieve the fullest potential of which they are capable in the given area.