BACKGROUND Learning styles and approaches of individual undergraduate medical students vary considerably and as a consequence, their learning needs also differ from one student to another. This study was conducted to identify different learning styles and approaches of pre-clinical, undergraduate medical students and also to determine the relationships of learning preferences with performances ...

This study define learning style as the way in which each learner begins to concentrate, process, and retain new and difficult information. It uses the Kolb’s Learning-Style Inventory (LSI) (1985), to assess the learning style of 241 students from two urban secondary schools in Malaysia. The finding of this study shows that secondary school children in Malaysia tend to use reflective observatio...

in recent years, language-learning research has been more concerned with factors that may affect the choice of learning strategies among learners. in studies conducted by cohen (1990), ehrman and oxford (1995), macintyre and gardner (1989) and reid (1987), these factors have been identified as motivation, gender, learning style, previous experience, and personality type. this study attempts to ...

This paper looks at the learners’ experiences when learning with CPRODS, an interactive learning environment based on 6 qualitative and quantitative models. The learners spent 2 hours during the study using the learning environment, completing the evaluation questionnaire and tests of knowledge. Analysis of the data has revealed some interesting comments e.g. on the interface design, functional...

conclusions according to the results, male students preferred to use the kinesthetic learning style more than females, while, female students preferred the aural learning style. knowledge about the learning styles of students at educational institutes is valuable and helps solve learning problems among students, and allows students to become better learners. results out of 184 participants who ...

‘I don’t know what’s wrong with our students. We’ve taught them all they need to know but they just can’t seem to remember any of it when they’re at work’. This paraphrase may be a familiar call of some teachers bemoaning how students have difficulty in applying their learning. Linking classroom theory to workplace practice is the focus of a systematic review in this issue of Perspectives on Me...