BACKGROUND Learning styles are cognitive, emotional, and physiological traits, as well as indicators of how learners perceive, interact, and respond to their learning environments. According to Honey-Mumford, learning styles are classified as active, reflexive, theoretical, and pragmatic. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the predominant learning styles among pharmacy studen...

Online learning constitutes the most popular distance-learning method, with flexibility, accessibility, visibility, manageability and availability as its core features. However, current research indicates that its efficacy is not consistent across all learners. This study aimed to modify and extend the factors of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine perceived satisfaction of an Arab...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. BACKGROUND By knowing the different students' learning styles, teachers can plan their instruction carefully in ways that are capitalized on student preferences. The current research is done to determine specific learning styles of students. METHOD This cross sectional study was conducted in Al Ahsa College of Medicine from 2011 to 2012. A sample of 518 s...

Providing adaptivity based on learning styles can support learners and make learning easier for them. However, for providing proper adaptivity, the learning styles of learners need to be known first. While most systems, which consider learning styles, use questionnaires in order to identify learning styles, we propose an automatic student modelling approach, which analyses the actual behaviour ...

background: academic success depends on curriculum planning and goals- setting, choosing suitable teaching methods, considering students' learning style and the teacher and the manner in which material is presented and effective time management. learning style is the processing of information and comprehension. if teachers present contents in a style that matches a student’s preferred learning ...

Gurpinar E, Bati H, Tetik C. Learning styles of medical students change in relation to time. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 000 – 000; doi:10.1152/advan.00047.2011.—The aim of the present study was to investigate if any changes exist in the learning styles of medical students over time and in relation to different curriculum models with these learning styles. This prospective cohort study was conducted i...

Introduction. Several Factors may influence teaching – learning ptocess. One of them is individual learning style. Teacher must consider students’ learning style to enhance their academic Performance. The aim of this survey was determiuation the learning style (Based on the kolb experiential learning theory) among medical students of Qazvin medical Faculty. Methods. This is a descriptive study...

The rapid growth in the use of learning technologies, particularly the use of the web based technologies and communications have offered educators with many more opportunities to investigate the most suitable learning environments for their students’ learning styles. The purpose of the present study was to examine the students’ learning styles and their views on blended learning. The study was ...