Learning Styles of College StudentsShannon Bachtel, Brittany Lobato,

Paige Mansfield, Stephanie Pierce, Oak Schuetz

Helpful for learners who use study strategies

Useful for teachers who design curriculum

Learning styles Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Combination

Learning Styles

Focus

Determine if learning style is associated with…

GPA

Class standing

Gender

Instruments

Questionnaire: Sunburst.usd.edu 6 added demographic questions Esurveycreator.com Distributed through

Viking Village Facebook

Instruments

62 total; 58 evaluated for

results/discussion Respondents’ data removed due to:

(1) incomplete survey, (1) graduate student, (2) did not attend WWU

Participants

Cover letter IBM SPSS Software

Frequency distribution Chi-square tests

Categories with a frequency distribution <5 were recoded Class standing GPA

Procedures

Results: Learning

Style Visual: 19 participants

Auditory: 14 participants

Kinesthetic: 18 participants

Combination: 7 participants

Results

GPA 2.5 or less:

9 participants 2.51 - 3.0:

17 participants 3.01 - 3.5:

22 participants 3.51 - 4.0:

10 participants

Class standing 25 Seniors 35 non-seniors

Gender 33 female 25 male

Chi-square test

results GPA and Learning Style

No association χ2(9)=10.11, p =. 171 >.05

Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associatedHa: GPA & Learning Style are associated

Chi-square test

results Class Standing and Learning Style

No association χ2(3)=.895, p = .4135 > .05

Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associatedHa: GPA & Learning Style are associated

Chi-square test

results Gender and Learning Style

No association χ2(3)=1.527, p = .338 > .05

Ho: GPA & Learning Style are not associatedHa: GPA & Learning Style are associated

Discussion

No association between learning style and variables GPA Class standing Gender

Environment and life experiences No dominant learning style

Discussion

Alternative variables Culture Professor-student relationship

Larger sample size Self-report

Sample control Introspection

Questions?