Students’ Preferred Learning Styles & Academic Performance

Sci.Int. (Lahore), 28(4), 337-341, 2016

5 Pages Posted: 2 Mar 2018

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Albert John

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E)

Gulnaz Shahzadi

Independent

Kanwal Iqbal Khan

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E)

Date Written: December 24, 2016

Abstract

It is imperative to remember that each individual is a unique learner. Scholars have identified that some learners lean toward specific techniques/strategies for learning. These techniques referred to learning styles or learning preferences. This study elaborates the preferred learning styles of business management students and its impact on academic performance in different universities of Pakistan. To conduct this empirical study Felder’s Index of Learning Styles is used to identify four learning styles: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuiting, Visual/Verbal and Sequential/Global. The data is collected from the five universities of the public and private sector of different cities. The results are drawn from a sample of 343 business students. Spearman Rho Correlation is used to test the correlation and Kruskal-Wallis test is applied to evaluate whether there is any significant relationship between different learning styles on the basis of academic performance. The findings of the study show that predominant profile of respondents consists of following preferred learning styles: active, reflective, sensory and intuitive. It also suggests that the academic performance of business students does not affect by any specific learning style. Limitations, future dimensions, and recommendation on the basis of results have been discussed at the end.

Keywords: Learning Style, Academic Performance, Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuiting, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global

Suggested Citation

John, Albert and Shahzadi, Gulnaz and Khan, Kanwal Iqbal, Students’ Preferred Learning Styles & Academic Performance (December 24, 2016). Sci.Int. (Lahore), 28(4), 337-341, 2016 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3129303

Albert John (Contact Author)

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E) ( email )

40/E-1, Gulberg-III
National College of Business Administration & Econ
Lahore, Punjab 54660
Pakistan

Gulnaz Shahzadi

Independent ( email )

Kanwal Iqbal Khan

National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E) ( email )

40/E-1, Gulberg-III
National College of Business Administration & Econ
Lahore, Punjab 54660
Pakistan

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