Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement

The individual learning differences that have been much explored relate to differences in personality, learning styles, strategies and conceptual of learning. This article studies the learning style profile exhibited by students towards the academic achievement in Malaysian Polytechnic. The relation...

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Main Authors: Awang, Halizah, Abd Samad, Noorazman, Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah, Roddin, Rohayu, Jamilu, Kankia
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author Awang, Halizah
Abd Samad, Noorazman
Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah
Roddin, Rohayu
Jamilu, Kankia
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Abd Samad, Noorazman
Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah
Roddin, Rohayu
Jamilu, Kankia
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description The individual learning differences that have been much explored relate to differences in personality, learning styles, strategies and conceptual of learning. This article studies the learning style profile exhibited by students towards the academic achievement in Malaysian Polytechnic. The relationship between learning styles of Polytechnic students and their academic achievement based on VARK learning styles model. The target population was international business students of Malaysian Polytechnic. By means of randomly sampling method, 103 students were selected as sample of research. By descriptive - survey research method and a questionnaire adapted from VARK Learning Style Index, required data were collected. According to the results, no significantly difference between learning style and academic achievement of students. Students academic achievement was quite similar to their individual learning styles. These facts reveal that each learning style has its own strengths and weaknesses.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-39362021-11-22T07:13:44Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3936/ Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement Awang, Halizah Abd Samad, Noorazman Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah Roddin, Rohayu Jamilu, Kankia L Education (General) The individual learning differences that have been much explored relate to differences in personality, learning styles, strategies and conceptual of learning. This article studies the learning style profile exhibited by students towards the academic achievement in Malaysian Polytechnic. The relationship between learning styles of Polytechnic students and their academic achievement based on VARK learning styles model. The target population was international business students of Malaysian Polytechnic. By means of randomly sampling method, 103 students were selected as sample of research. By descriptive - survey research method and a questionnaire adapted from VARK Learning Style Index, required data were collected. According to the results, no significantly difference between learning style and academic achievement of students. Students academic achievement was quite similar to their individual learning styles. These facts reveal that each learning style has its own strengths and weaknesses. IOP Publishing 2017-08 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3936/1/AJ%202017%20%28536%29.pdf Awang, Halizah and Abd Samad, Noorazman and Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah and Roddin, Rohayu and Jamilu, Kankia (2017) Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement. IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 226 (NIL). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1757-899X https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012193
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Awang, Halizah
Abd Samad, Noorazman
Mohd Faiz, Nur Sofurah
Roddin, Rohayu
Jamilu, Kankia
Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title_full Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title_fullStr Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title_short Relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
title_sort relationship between the learning styles preferences and academic achievement
topic L Education (General)
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