Learning about learning styles: Pedagogical, curricular, and managerial implications
The way students acquire knowledge is an interesting issue and an important research agendum. Better understanding of the learning styles and their characteristics is a necessity not only to educators but also to learners (Vincent and Ross, 2001) because of the benefits if offers to both parties. Th...
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| description | The way students acquire knowledge is an interesting issue and an important research agendum. Better understanding of the learning styles and their characteristics is a necessity not only to educators but also to learners (Vincent and Ross, 2001) because of the benefits if offers to both parties. This paper looked into the learning styles of secondary school students in a science boarding school in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. Specifically, it sought to determine what are the learning styles of science-stream students as well as identify if are there significant differences in the students’ learning styles grouped by gender, position in class, sibling order, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, educational attainment of father, and educational attainment of mother.A Personal Learning Style Inventory (Wyman, 1999) was utilized in determining the learning styles of Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 students. Data were analyzed via SPSS at .05 alpha.
Findings showed that generally, the respondents’ learning styles was auditory. Learning styles differed significantly by gender and sibling order. Implications on curriculum, teaching, and educational management are discussed. |
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| spelling | uum-28762016-05-30T04:38:52Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2876/ Learning about learning styles: Pedagogical, curricular, and managerial implications Segumpun, Reynaldo G. Adam, Mohamad Zainol Abidin LB Theory and practice of education The way students acquire knowledge is an interesting issue and an important research agendum. Better understanding of the learning styles and their characteristics is a necessity not only to educators but also to learners (Vincent and Ross, 2001) because of the benefits if offers to both parties. This paper looked into the learning styles of secondary school students in a science boarding school in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. Specifically, it sought to determine what are the learning styles of science-stream students as well as identify if are there significant differences in the students’ learning styles grouped by gender, position in class, sibling order, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, educational attainment of father, and educational attainment of mother.A Personal Learning Style Inventory (Wyman, 1999) was utilized in determining the learning styles of Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 students. Data were analyzed via SPSS at .05 alpha. Findings showed that generally, the respondents’ learning styles was auditory. Learning styles differed significantly by gender and sibling order. Implications on curriculum, teaching, and educational management are discussed. 2004 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2876/1/paper11reynaldo%26zainol.pdf Segumpun, Reynaldo G. and Adam, Mohamad Zainol Abidin (2004) Learning about learning styles: Pedagogical, curricular, and managerial implications. In: ASEAN Symposium on Educational Management and Leadership (ASEMAL4), 13 - 15 Disember 2004, Grand Plaza Parkroyal, Penang. (Unpublished) |
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