scholarly journals The Role of Learning Style in the Changing Landscape of Medical Education: The Canadian Plastic Surgery Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Kaitlin S. Boehm ◽  
Connor McGuire ◽  
Osama A. Samargandi ◽  
Sarah Al Youha ◽  
David T. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Competency Based

Objectives: The transition to competency-based education and restraints on trainee work hours necessitates re-evaluation of resident education. The role of learning style in plastic surgery residency training has not been investigated. The objective of this study was to identify the learning styles of plastic surgeons and trainees in Canadian Plastic Surgery programs. Methods: A cross-sectional electronic survey was distributed to all members of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and through program directors at Canadian training programs. Basic demographics were captured. The Kolb Learning Style Inventory was used to identify each individual’s learning style (converging, accommodative, assimilative, or divergent).  Results: There were a total of 98 respondents (15% response rate), including 62 staff plastic surgeons (63%) and 36 trainees (37%). All regions of Canada and age categories were well represented. The most dominant learning styles were convergent (47%) and accommodative (29%). No significant difference in dominant learning styles existed between age groups; while males were more commonly convergent learners, females were accommodative learners.   Conclusions: The majority of plastic surgery trainees and staff have learning styles that rely heavily on practical application and experiential learning. Accounting for this propensity towards convergent and accommodative learning styles should be incorporated into training programs to maximize efficacy of learning.

scholarly journals LEARNING STYLES

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
KHALID FAROOQ DANISH ◽  
AZRA SAEED AWAN
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Third Place ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Humanities Students

O b j e c t i v e s : 1. To study the prevalence of learning styles in intermediate level students in Rawalpindi according to Kolb'sLearning Style Inventory. 2. To study the correlation of learning styles with career choices of intermediate level students in Rawalpindi. 3.To compare the results of the study with the learning styles of clinical students of a medical college. D e s i g n : Cross sectional. Descriptive.M e t h o d s : The study was done on the intermediate level students of Government Colleges in Rawalpindi. It included the Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering and Humanities students. All students were given a questionnaire based on Kolb's learning style inventory, and responsescollected. Instructions to fill the questionnaire were given verbally to all students. Each student was also instructed to present three careerchoices in order of priority. Data was collected. Results: Prevalence of different learning styles in medical students and intermediate levelstudents is shown in table-l and table-ll respectively. C o n c l u s i o n s : The prevalence and pattern of learning styles of intermediate levellearners and medical students is different. Majority of intermediate level learners have the converger learning styles in contrast with themedical students in whom accommodators are in overwhelming majority. Most learners choosing "Doctor" as their preferred career amongintermediate level learners were of assimilator style, followed by convergers. Accommodators were on third place in choosing "Doctor" aspreferred career. The most preferred career among intermediate level learner was "Teacher".

scholarly journals Differences in medical student performance on examinations: exploring score variance between Kolb's Learning Style Inventory classifications

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin J. Reynolds ◽  
Kurt O. Gilliland ◽  
Katie Smith ◽  
Joshua A. Walker ◽  
Gary L. Beck Dallaghan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Public University ◽  
National Board ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Medical Examiners

Abstract Background Kolb’s Cycle of Learning Theory acts as a foundational framework for the evolution of knowledge gained by learners throughout their education. Through Kolb’s cycle of experiential learning, one’s preferred way of learning could impact academic achievement in the pre-clinical years of medical education. Methods The medical student classes of 2020 and 2021 at a public university in the southeastern U.S. were invited to complete Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (LSI). For those participants completing the LSI, examination results for their pre-clinical blocks were obtained and matched to the LSI results. Examination scores (locally-developed examinations and customized National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) final examinations) were compared by LSI classification for each examination using Kruskal-Wallis Test. Results Out of 360 possible participants, 314 (87.2%) completed the Learning Style Inventory. Convergers and Assimilators made up 84.1% [Convergers (n = 177, 56.4%), Assimilators (n = 87, 27.7%)]. Accommodators (n = 25, 7.9%) and Divergers (n = 25, 7.9%) made up the remaining sample. Accomodators’ scores were significantly lower on locally-developed examinations in Principles of Medicine, Hematology, and Gastrointestinal System. The only NBME examination that demonstrated a significant difference across learning styles was from the Cardiovascular block. Conclusions Upon reviewing Kolb’s LSI, our study indicated that performance on the customized NBME examinations minimized the variance in performance compared to locally-developed examinations. The lack of variance across learning styles for all but one NBME final examination appears to provide a more equitable assessment strategy.

scholarly journals Learning styles in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy students: an exploratory study

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benita Olivier ◽  
Lizelle Jacobs ◽  
Vaneshveri Naidoo ◽  
Nikolas Pautz ◽  
Rulaine Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Competitive Learning ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Physiotherapy Students

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Learning styles of health care professionals are unique and tend to be profession- specific. This study aimed to compare the learning styles of undergraduate occupational therapy and physiotherapy students and to determine the relationship between preferred learning styles, demographic factors, and academic performance METHOD: The study design was a cross-sectional, descriptive study. Undergraduate occupational therapy and physiotherapy students completed a self-developed questionnaire and the Grasha-Reichmann Learning Style Inventory RESULTS: A total of 313 students with a mean age of 19.6±1.58 years participated in this study. The results showed that students preferred the collaborative (75%) learning style, with the first-year students scoring significantly higher in the collaborative style (3.97±0.48; p<0.001). The male students (2.67±0.65) scored higher in the competitive learning style than female students (2.20±0.62; p=0.001, d=0.757). The competitive learning style, when controlling for sociodemographic variables, is a significant predictor of an increase in academic performance in English language (B=2.28, [0.60-3.96]), physics (B=3.62, [0.22-7.02]) and overall academic performance (B=2.12, [0.34-3.90 CONCLUSION: The predominant preferred learning styles are the collaborative and participant styles. The application in the teaching space should be carefully considered for the selection of teaching approaches and activities. This study points to the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy programmes need to align to the collaborative style and respond with a variety of teaching methods. The associations shown between preferred learning styles and demographic variables point to the need to pay attention to diversity when selecting teaching approaches and activities Keywords: Grasha-Reichmann Learning Style Inventory, learning styles, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, undergraduate students

scholarly journals IMPACT OF PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND LEARNING STYLES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Sumera Sattar ◽  
Dr Shahzaman Khan ◽  
Rehan Yousaf
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

Video games are especially popular with teenagers and young adults as a form of entertainment, and their time spent playing video games has grown exponentially. The main purpose of this study was to assess the effect of video games on cognitive functions and learning style in young people. A cross-sectional research study was used to investigate cognitive function in teen video game players. Cognitive functions, including memory, attention, and executive functions, were applied to 80 adolescents who were divided into two groups: those who regularly played video games (50) and those who did not play (50). Other data, such as demographics, medical information, types of video games, and time spent playing video games, were collected through the questionnaire. No significant difference was identified between the groups in terms of age and sociodemographic variables. Results indicated that visual memory and visual learning type scores were significantly better in the play group. Participants who were playing video games regularly indicated significant differences in visual type of learning (p=0.000). Whereas, no significant differences were found in other learning styles aural (p=1.000) and verbal (p=1.000)

scholarly journals A Study on Learning Styles of Individuals Receiving Vocational Music Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Koray Çelenk ◽  
Emrah Lehimler
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Team Work ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Visual Materials

The aim of this study is to examine the learning styles of the students who take vocational music education and to determine whether the learning styles differ according to gender, age, high school, university, faculty, and class level and instrument variables. This research is a descriptive study conducted in a survey model. In this context, the conceptual infrastructure has been formed by searching the literature, studies on learning styles have been examined and Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory III has been used as a data collection tool. The study group consists of 423 students who study in faculties and conservatories which give vocational music education of 9 universities in Turkey. The results show that the students receiving vocational music education are mostly in the “Diverger” category, while the distribution of students in the “Assimilator”, “Accommodator”, and “Converger” categories is less. In this study, it has been found that the learning styles of the students receiving vocational music education have not differred according to gender, age, university, faculty, and class level and instrument variables. A significant difference has been found in the high school variable. Basing on Kolb’s learning approach, it can be said that providing education in accordance with the students’ preferred instructional approaches (using question-answer, using metaphor, discussion, expression, team work, project preparation, using visual materials, conducting individual research, collecting information from mass media, organizing seminars, utilization from experts etc.) in Diverger and Assimilator categories will have a positive effect on the complete and meaningful learning of the students.

scholarly journals Students’ Learning Styles, Self-efficacy and its Correlation with their Social Interaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Hala Mahmoud Hawa ◽  
Fılız Yalçın Tılfarlıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Level ◽  
Academic Year

This cross-sectional study has been prepared to investigate the self-efficacy levels and preferred learning styles of EFL learners at Gaziantep University School of Foreign Languages GUSFL along with revealing the relationship between these two variables and the learners’ social interaction. The present study was conducted in March of 2017-2018 academic year. The participants are students, who are learning English as a foreign language. The total number of participants is 312 from different nationalities, but mainly Turkish and Syrian, male and female. Before start applying the questionnaire, the tool’s three variables were checked and proved their reliability (Learning Styles =, 732; Social Interactions =, 799; Self-Efficacy =, 900). The next step was conducting the questionnaire. It’s worth mentioning that elements such as gender, nationality, proficiency level and age were taken into consideration while collecting and analyzing the data. The results indicated that learners use various learning styles and don’t rely on a particular one. However, the logical learning style registered the highest score (20,416) whereas, the lowest learning style was the reading and writing learning style (16,737). As for the student’s self-efficacy level, the participants showed a high level of self-efficacy (30,096 with a standard deviation of 6,498) especially the male participants where the results indicated a statistically significant difference in favour for men (p>, 05). Furthermore, as the study is concerned with uncovering any possible relationship between these three variables, the analyzed data has shown that there is a positive relationship between the learners’ preferred learning styles, their self-efficacy, and their social interaction. The article highlights how these variables are correlated with each other. Additionally, the results showed a major difference between Turkish and non-Turkish participants in terms of their social interaction.

Investigating Learning Styles on Different Hypertext Environments: Hierarchical-like and Network-like Structures

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria E. Melara
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Shortest Path Algorithm ◽  
Related Concept ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Based Instruction

This article examines the effect of learning style on learner performance within two different hypertext structures. Each instructional environment is modeled by a Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) on the Shortest Path Algorithm. Both CBI applications have the same information but different structures for accessing the information. One CBI application with a hierarchical structure provides access to a concept only when all the subordinated concepts have been accessed. The other CBI application with a network structure provides access to any related concept with no limitations. Learning style was categorized using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). An experimental study conducted with forty students revealed that both applications were equally effective, and were able to accommodate learners with different learning styles. The study also found that learners using network structures completed the instruction sooner than learners using hierarchical structures, and there was no significant difference in their achievements.

scholarly journals Learning Style Preference: Results of Repetitive Cross-Sectional Surveys in an Higher Education Institution

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 730
Author(s):  
Eliot Simangunsong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Significant Difference

Using the theoretical framework of the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles Model, this study aims to understand the learning styles of middle school students entering the university to promote teaching innovation and improve the quality of the learning experience. A quantitative research method was applied through repeated cross-sectional surveys for 3 years among 2,325 students. Systematic analysis is applied to investigate respondent learning styles. Data analysis showed a significant difference in terms of the sex of students, while in terms of graduation years, the proportion of sequential students showed a significant increase from 2014 to 2016; this might imply that students from scientific or analytic backgrounds increasingly choose management schools. As expected, management students are active in character, except in accounting programs, where sensing learners are dominant. Innovative, active and visual-based learning is also preferred. Through the findings of this study, we conclude that interest in studies is related to the learning dimensions. The teaching style must follow the characteristics of the learning dimensions to provide an optimal learning experience. Here, it is important to implement an innovation-based learning process in higher education institutions.

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