scholarly journals Learning Style Preferences and the Level of L2 Achievement: A Case Study of EFL College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Ju Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
Style Preferences

Improving Retention and Success: A Case Study Approach for Practical Results

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Education Journal ◽  
Retention And Graduation Rates ◽  
Style Preferences

This article reports on efforts to investigate and improve retention and graduation rates at a New Zealand polytechnic. A literature review and Tinto's Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure provided the theoretical underpinning for the work. A case study methodology was used, whereby a member of the institute's Academic Quality Unit worked with staff involved in the delivery of selected programs. Pre-entry factors, institutional experiences, and students' social and academic integration were examined, and some interventions trialed. An academic mentoring scheme and personal education journal were introduced and these were partially successful. Other matters examined included pre-entry practices, orientation, learning style preferences, program delivery and design, course materials, assessment, and attendance. Efforts in these areas improved retention and success, although the results and contributing factors varied from program to program. Whether students are retained and graduate ultimately rests with the student. However, institutional actions and systems can make a difference.

scholarly journals Learning Style Preferences in College Students with Different Majors

2021 ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Haptic Learning ◽  
Style Preferences

In this study, we investigated the learning style preferences of college students with different majors and the relationship between learning styles and the majors. In total, 120 English as a foreign language college students with different majors from Taiwan participated. Descriptive statistical analysis and the chi-square test results indicated that learners across majors generally preferred the visual learning style. However, business and information technology majors preferred the auditory learning style and design majors preferred the haptic learning style. Nevertheless, although learning background may play a vital role in the development of a student’s learning style, the differences between learning style preferences and educational background were non-significant. Learning style preferences may also relate to other variables and may change over time, across contexts, and between different tasks.

scholarly journals Investigating the Match and Mismatch between Students’ Learning Styles and Teacher’s Teaching Styles in a Saudi School: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Alaa Q. Alhourani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Style Preferences

This study examines if there is a match or mismatch between students’ learning styles and the teacher’s teaching styles in a classroom at Khalid Bin Alwlid School, Tabarjal, Saudi Arabia. The main objectives of this study are to determine dominant learning styles of the whole secondary grade students and the teacher’s teaching style. This study was carried out as a case study, and the data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Participants of this study were a class of 15 students and their English language teacher to the first secondary stage. The instruments used for collecting data were Reid’s Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (1995), Teachers Teaching Style Preferences Questionnaire (Peacock 2001), and semi-structured interview. The findings of this study indicated that the majority of the students had multiple learning styles with at least auditory and group as their major learning style preferences, followed by kinesthetic, tactile, and visual as their minor learning style preferences. They showed negative preference towards individual style. The major learning style preferences of the English language teacher were visual and individual, followed by tactile and kinesthetic as his minor style preferences, while his negligible teaching style preferences were auditory and group. There was a mismatch between the teacher’s teaching style and the students’ learning style at Khalid Bin Alwlid School, Tabarjal, Saudi Arabia

scholarly journals Learning style preferences of Persian learners: Case Study of Arabic speakers

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Ezzat Tabatabei ◽  
Mina Ghazi Joolaee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Session ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Style Preferences

Learning styles refer to the strategies and processes that facilitate learning and understanding the concepts. So, teachers can incorporate their learning styles in their curriculum activities.  It also, will help students to be more attracted to learning session and instantly give attention to the session undertaken by the teachers. The purpose of the experiment is to ascertain the learning styles of learners using the VARK questionnaire. This study is an analysis of learning style for 100 Iraqi and Syrian Persian learners completed a VARK questionnaire to determine if their learning styles are auditory, reading/writing, visual or kinesthetic. Out of 100 participants who responded the questionnaire, their preferred learning style was visual by 12 percentages, 16 auditory, 13 Reading/writing and 20 kinesthetic. According to data analyze, we provide implications for improving learning process. Keywords: Learning styles VARK; Visual; Aural; Reading/writing; Kinesthetic; Arabic Persian learners 

scholarly journals First Time International College Students’ Level of Anxiety in Relationship to Awareness of Their Learning-Style Preferences

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Arlene Shorter Young
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
International Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Educational System ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
International College ◽  
Style Preferences ◽  
First Time

Given the receptivity of American colleges to international students, administrators and professors must recognize the diversity such registrants bring to campus in the form of achievement, age, gender, language, and national differences. The purpose of this study was to compare learning style preferences of international first year college students and to analyze the effects of accommodating learning-style preferences of first year international college students on achievement and anxiety levels over one semester. This paper focused on the identification of learning style profiles of first time visiting Japanese, Korean, and Chinese college student populations. It assessed anxiety and acculturation levels of these international students when they were first introduced to the American educational system which incorporated teacher facilitation and promoted student directed studies. Finally, student learning styles were assessed after a six-week summer session to see if learning styles remained the same after students were introduced to the American educational system. 

scholarly journals Learning Style Preferences of College Students Using Big Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 461-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelec Viloria ◽  
Ingrid Regina Petro Gonzalez ◽  
Omar Bonerge Pineda Lezama
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Style Preferences
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