Perceptual Learning Styles: Their Link to Academic Performance, Sex, Age, and Academic Standing

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1091-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl J. Ginter ◽  
Joseph Scalise ◽  
Steve Brown ◽  
William Ripley
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Remedial Courses ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Academic Standing ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Sex Type ◽  
Perceptual Learning Styles ◽  
University Setting

The primary purpose of this investigation was to ascertain whether students' learning styles affected performance in remedial courses. The study also investigated whether learning styles differed in terms of age, sex, and class-standing in a university setting While type of learning style did not differ with respect to class-standing or sex, type of learning style differed significantly with respect to age. Most importantly, type of learning style significantly influenced grade point average in remedial courses. Students using an interactive learning style obtained higher grades than those using a combination of two learning styles.

scholarly journals THE PROFILE OF STUDENTS' LEARNING STYLES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) ACHIEVEMENT

EDUTECH ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Natalia Rosa Keliat
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Kinesthetic Learning ◽  
One Way Anova

Abstract. Learning style is one of the important factors  needed to absorb, store and process the new information. This research is a study to see the profile and percentage of studenst learning styles of SWCU Biology Education students and the influence of different learning styles on the GPA obtained. Researcher got the data of  students’ learning styles by using questionnaire.  The statistical procedures employed in this study were one-way ANOVA. The results showed  that the largest percentage of learning styles that were used  by the students of biology education were auditory learning styles by 32% and the VAK (Visual Auditory Kinesthetic) learning style was the least used by education students by 2%. The analysis of the percentage of learning styles showed that 72% of students with auditory learning styles reached a satisfactory category until magna cum laude, but the percentage of students that used VAK (Visual Auditory Kinesthetic ) learning styles only reached satisfying GPA level. Statistical test results in this study demonstrated that the use of learning styles did not give significantly different effect on the students’ GPA.Keywords: Personal Learning Styles, Grade Point Average  Abstrak. Gaya belajar adalah salah satu faktor penting yang diperlukan untuk menyerap, menyimpan dan memproses informasi baru. Penelitian ini adalah suatu penelitian untuk melihat profil dan persentase gaya belajar mahasiswa pendidikan biologi UKSW serta pengaruh gaya belajar yang berbeda terhadap indeks prestasi kumulatif yang diperoleh. Peneliti mendapatkan data gaya belajar mahasiswa dengan menggunakan kuesoner (angket). Prosedur statistik yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah one way ANOVA. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan  bahwa persentase gaya belajar terbesar yang digunakan mahasiswa pendidikan biologi untuk belajar adalah gaya belajar auditorik sebanyak 32%, Persentase gaya belajar yang paling sedikit digunakan oleh mahasiswa pendidikan adalah gaya belajar VAK (Visual Auditorik Kinestetik) sebanyak 2%. Analisis persentase gaya belajar menunjukkan persentase mahasiswa pendidikan biologi dengan gaya belajar auditorik adalah yang terbanyak memiliki IPK yang termasuk dalam kategori memuaskan sampai magna cum laude sebesar 72%, namun ternyata persentase mahasiswa dengan gaya belajar VAK (Visual Auditorik Kinestetik) tidak mencapai IPK memuaskan, dan hanya mencapai level kurang. Hasil uji statistik dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan penggunaan gaya belajar tidak memberikan pengaruh yang berbeda secara signifikan terhadap indeks prestasi kumulatif mahasiswa.Kata Kunci : Gaya Belajar, Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif

scholarly journals Correlation Learning Style with Grade Point Average Fourth Year Medical Student

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (T3) ◽  
pp. 358-361
Author(s):  
Resti Rahmadika Akbar ◽  
Elvinas Sari Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Model Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Grade Point

BACKGROUND: Learning achievement is an important indicator to determine the learning and teaching process, each student has a different learning style. Student learning learns how they choose the suitable method and the results obtained optimally. A student must also learn their learning styles to choose methods or ways of learning that are appropriate to their character. AIM: Knowing the relationship between learning style and cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4th-year students at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah. METHODS: The scope of this research covers the fields of medical science, especially medical education, correlative analytical research with cross-sectional design. The study was conducted at the Medical Faculty Universitas Baiturrahma. The study was conducted from May to January 2019. The affordable population in this study were 4th-year students numbered 80 students with the Simple Random Sampling technique. Data analysis was univariately presented in the form of a frequency distribution table and bivariate analysis using the correlation test using the SPSS program. RESULTS: At most with female gender, namely (71.3%), the highest place is at most boarding, namely (77.5%), most have quad-model learning styles, namely (80%), most have a GPA graduated that is (61.3%), there is a relationship between the learning style and the GPA of 4th-year medical students with a value of p = 0.024 (p < 0.05) and r = 0.0253. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that the 4th-year medical students have the most female sex, the most places to live are boarding, quad-model learning style, and there is a correlation between learning styles and the 4th year GPA Medicine at Universitas Baiturrahmah.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the scholastic performance of students in 12 programs from a private university in the south-west geopolitical zone in Nigeria

F1000Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Roseline O. Ogundokun ◽  
Marion O. Adebiyi ◽  
Oluwakemi C. Abikoye ◽  
Tinuke O. Oladele ◽  
Adewale F. Lukman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Private School ◽  
Private University ◽  
Study Data ◽  
The South ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Cumulative Grade Point Average ◽  
South West ◽  
University Setting

Cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is a system for calculation of GPA scores and is one way to determine a student's academic performance in a university setting. In Nigeria, an employer evaluates a student's academic performance using their CGPA score. For this study, data were collected from a student database of a private school in the south-west geopolitical zone in Nigeria. Regression analysis, correlation analysis, and analysis of variance (F-test) were employed to determine the study year that students perform better based on CGPA. According to the results, it was observed that students perform much better in year three (300 Level) and year four (400 Level) compared to other levels. In conclusion, we strongly recommend the private university to introduce program that will improve the academic performance of students from year one (100 level).

scholarly journals EFL Learning Styles Used by Female Undergraduate Students and Its Relationship to Achievement Level

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Wafa Ismail Saud
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
English Achievement ◽  
Visual Learners ◽  
Perceptual Learning Styles

The aim of the study was to investigate the preferred learning styles of undergraduate Saudi students at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia and to examine the influence of achievement level on the choice of learning styles. A total of 110 undergraduate students participated in the study. They were in their third year of study and were majoring in English. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire and by an English achievement test. Reid&rsquo;s (1987) questionnaire was used to determine the students&rsquo; preferred learning styles. It identifies six learning styles referred to as perceptual learning styles; they are visual learners, auditory learners, kinesthetic learners, tactile learners, group learners and individual learners. An English achievement test was conducted to classify students according to their academic grade. The results showed the preferred learning styles used by undergraduate Saudi students at KKU. The order of the preferred learning styles based on sensory channels was as follows: visual, tactile, kinesthetic and finally the least frequent one was auditory, furthermore, the results revealed that students prefer individual learning more than group learning. Besides that, the findings also indicated that there was no statistically significant relationship between the learning styles and achievement level except with the group learning style which was used by students who got grade Excellent or Very Good. The study concluded by providing some possible implications of the study for English teachers.

Evaluation of TAPS Packages

2010 ◽  
pp. 128-147
Author(s):  
Manjit Singh Sidhu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Slow Learners ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
The Third ◽  
Engineering Mechanics

The evaluation was carried out to examine the distribution of learning styles (discussed in Chapter 2) of the third year undergraduate engineering students and suggest effective problem solving approaches that could increase the motivation and understanding of slow learners at UNITEN. For this study, a sample target population of 60 third year undergraduate engineering students who had taken the Engineering Mechanics subject was tested. These students were selected based on their second year grade point average (GPA) of less than 2.5 as this study emphasizes on slow learners.

Undergraduates' Class Standing and Critical Thinking

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1402-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Royalty
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
American College Test ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Class Standing

After controlling for American College Test composite score and grade point average, class standing of 160 college undergraduates accounted for .02 proportion of the variability in scores on the Cornell Critical Thinking Test.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN GAYA BELAJAR DENGAN INDEKS PRESTASI KUMULATIF PADA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS SYIAH KUALA YANG MENDERITA DISPEPSIA FUNGSIONAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakdiah Sakdiah ◽  
Taufik Suryadi ◽  
Ashila Rahmatika Putri
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Functional Dyspepsia ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Grade Point

Abstrak. Dispepsia fungsional merupakan kelainan fungsional yang terdiri dari gejala klinis seperti nyeri ulu hati, perut kembung, cepat kenyang, mual dan muntah. Hal ini berpengaruh terhadap Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif (IPK) mahasiswa melalui mekanisme fisiologis dan psikologis. IPK adalah cerminan hasil nilai pencapaian pembelajaran ditingkat perkuliahan. Hasil belajar dapat dipengaruhi oleh gaya belajar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan gaya belajar dengan IPK pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Syiah Kuala yang menderita dispepsia fungsional. Jenis penelitian ini adalah analitik observasional dengan rancangan cross sectional. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan probability sampling dengan metode stratified random sampling. Responden penelitian berjumlah 98 orang yang menderita dispepsia fungsional pada angkatan 2014, 2015 dan 2016. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan mahasiswa paling banyak kategori IPK sangat memuaskan (42,9%) dengan auditori adalah gaya belajar yang paling banyak digunakan (59,2%) dan diikuti oleh gaya belajar kinestetik (16,3%). Sebanyak 11% responden dengan kategori IPK pujian dan 7% diantaranya memiliki gaya belajar visual. Berdasarkan hasil analisis uji Kruskal Wallis terdapat hubungan signifikan dengan intensitas lemah antara gaya belajar dan IPK pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Syiah Kuala yang menderita dispepsia fungsional (a0,05; p=0,000; r=-0,349). Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini, terdapat hubungan antara gaya belajar dengan IPK pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Syiah  Kuala yang menderita dispepsia fungsional.Kata kunci: Dispepsia Fungsional, Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif, Gaya BelajarAbstract. Functional dyspepsia is a functional abnormality consisting of clinical symptoms such as epigastrial pain, flatulence, early feeling of fullness (satiety), nausea and vomiting. It affects students' Grade Point Average (GPA) through physiological and psychological mechanisms. GPA reflects the learning outcomes at the end of study, which is influenced by learning style. This study aimed to determine the relationship between learning style with GPA of medical students of Syiah Kuala University with functional dyspepsia. This was an analytic observational study with cross-sectional design. The respondents included 98 students suffering from functional dyspepsia in the force of 2014,2015 and 2016 selected using stratified random sampling. The result of the study showed that most students in the IPK category were very satisfactory (42,9%) with auditory was the most used learning style (59,2%) and followed by kinesthetic learning style (16,3%). And as many as 11% of respondents with IPK praise category and 7% of whom have visual learning style. based on the crucial wallis test results there is a significant relationship with the weak intensity between learning styles and ipk at the medical faculty students of syiah kuala university who suffer from functional dyspepsia (a0,05; p=0,000; r=-0,349). This study concluded that learning style was associated with GPA of medical students of Syiah Kuala University with functional dyspepsia.Keyword: functional dyspepsia, Grade Point Average, learning style

scholarly journals Relationship between Learning Styles and Academic Performance among Virtual Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Noushin Kouhan ◽  
Maryam Janatolmakan ◽  
Mansour Rezaei ◽  
Alireza Khatony
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
The Relationship

Background. The lack of attention of nursing professors to students’ learning styles can cause academic failure. The results of studies on the relationship between students’ learning style and academic achievement are contradictory. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the relationship between VARK learning styles and academic performance among virtual nursing students. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, 237 virtual nursing students were enrolled by the convenience sampling method. The VARK learning styles questionnaire was used for data collection. The basis for determining academic performance was the grade point average(s) (GPA) of the previous semester(s). Students were divided into two groups based on their GPA, including strong (GPA ≥15) and weak (GPA ≤14.99) groups. Results. In both strong and weak groups, most of the subjects were unimodal (with a frequency of 92.9% and 78.5%, respectively), and the rest were multimodal. The most common learning styles in strong and weak students were kinesthetic (57.1%) and auditory (37.2%), respectively. The results of chi-square test did not show statistically significant differences between learning styles and academic performance of strong and weak students. Conclusion. There was no significant relationship between the dominant learning styles and academic performance of strong and weak students. However, nursing professors need to adapt their teaching methods to the students’ learning styles. More studies are recommended to shed more light on this area of research.

scholarly journals Learning Styles And The Online Classroom: Implications For Business Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Nastanski ◽  
Thomas Slick
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Business Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Online Business ◽  
Learning Style Preference

This paper discusses the importance of student learning styles within a Distance Learning (DL) classroom. The study examines the learning style preferences of online business students as measured by the Kolb Learning Style Inventory and determines if a significant difference in course grades and course completion rates exist between students when they are sorted by learning style preference. Subjects in the study were 344 online business students from a southeastern university in the United States. Examination of the quantitative data indicated a significant difference existed for Diverger Style Preference learners compared to the Assimilator, Accommodator and Converger learning styles.  They had a lower Mean Grade Point (GP) earned.  The study revealed approximately one out of five (20%) of the respondents had a Diverger Learning Style Preference. Respondents with this learning style preference appear to be somewhat less likely to be successful in a distance learning environment. A Chi Square calculation showed no significant difference existed among learning styles for those dropping a course although one group (Accomodators) had approximately twice the drop rate of the others. This paper and corresponding study offers university administrators who seek to maintain quality instruction evidence and suggestions for addressing 20 percent of their online population who may be at risk of not obtaining content mastery.  This includes implications for DL course design and pedagogy.

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