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Learning Styles of College Students

Learning Styles of College Students. Shannon Bachtel , Brittany Lobato , Paige Mansfield, Stephanie Pierce, Oak Schuetz. Learning Styles. Helpful for learners who use study strategies Useful for teachers who design curriculum Learning styles Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Combination.

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Learning Styles of College Students

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  1. Learning Styles of College Students Shannon Bachtel, Brittany Lobato, Paige Mansfield, Stephanie Pierce, Oak Schuetz

  2. Learning Styles • Helpful for learners who use study strategies • Useful for teachers who design curriculum • Learning styles • Visual • Auditory • Kinesthetic • Combination

  3. Focus • Determine if learning style is associated with… • GPA • Class standing • Gender

  4. Instruments • Instruments • Questionnaire: Sunburst.usd.edu • 6 added demographic questions • Esurveycreator.com • Distributed through • Viking Village • Facebook

  5. Participants • 62 total; 58 evaluated for results/discussion • Respondents’ data removed due to: • (1) incomplete survey, • (1) graduate student, • (2) did not attend WWU

  6. Procedures • Cover letter • IBM SPSS Software • Frequency distribution • Chi-square tests • Categories with a frequency distribution <5 were recoded • Class standing • GPA

  7. Results: Learning Style • Visual: 19 participants • Auditory: 14 participants • Kinesthetic: 18 participants • Combination: 7 participants

  8. Results • GPA • 2.5 or less: • 9 participants • 2.51 - 3.0: • 17 participants • 3.01 - 3.5: • 22 participants • 3.51 - 4.0: • 10 participants • Class standing • 25 Seniors • 35 non-seniors • Gender • 33 female • 25 male

  9. Chi-square test results Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associated Ha: GPA & Learning Style are associated • GPA and Learning Style • No association • χ2(9)=10.11, p=.171 >.05

  10. Chi-square test results Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associated Ha: GPA & Learning Style are associated • Class Standing and Learning Style • No association • χ2(3)=.895, p = .4135>.05

  11. Chi-square test results Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associated Ha: GPA & Learning Style are associated • Gender and Learning Style • No association • χ2(3)=1.527, p = .338>.05

  12. Discussion • No association between learning style and variables • GPA • Class standing • Gender • Environment and life experiences • No dominant learning style

  13. Discussion • Alternative variables • Culture • Professor-student relationship • Larger sample size • Self-report • Sample control • Introspection

  14. Questions?

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