Learning Style Preferences: A Comparison between Students of an Indian and a Malaysian Medical School.

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dc.contributor.authorHeethal, J P
dc.contributor.authorSahana, G N
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, S
dc.contributor.authorChitra, G
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-26T03:36:12Z
dc.date.available2015-11-26T03:36:12Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Students have different levels of motivation, attitudes about teaching-learning and responses to specific environments. The more the instructors understand the differences, better the chance they have of meeting the diverse learning needs of all their students. This study aims to analyze the learning preferences among students of an Indian and a Malaysian medical school. Methods: The study was conducted among the 2nd year medical students from an Indian medical school (group 1, n=91) and a Malaysian medical school (group 2, n=100). After obtaining informed consent, the students were instructed to fill ―the index of learning styles questionnaire‖ by Felder and Solomon. The questionnaire assesses preferences on four dimensions: processing (active/reflective), perception (sensing/intuitive), input (visual/verbal) and understanding (sequential/global). The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: In group 1, 56 students were female and 35 male, and in group 2, 61 were female and 39 male. In both groups we found that active learners were common in processing, sensing learners in perception, visual in input and sequential in understanding. The comparison in the learning style between both groups revealed that active learners were more in group 2 (64%), reflective in group 1 (42%), sensing in group 2 (64%), intuitive in group 2 (37%), verbal in group 2 (26%), visual in group 1 (80%), sequential in group 2 (68%) and global in group 1(42%). Conclusion: It is recommended that educators take learning style preferences of medical students into consideration so that teaching-learning methods are designed to suit the learning styles of all or most of the students.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeethal J P, Sahana G N, Ghosh S, Chitra G. Learning Style Preferences: A Comparison between Students of an Indian and a Malaysian Medical School. South East Asia Regional Association for Medical Education. 2014 Dec; 8(2): 14-19.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/166214
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouth East Asia Regional Association for Medical Education.en_US
dc.source.urihttps://seajme.md.chula.ac.th/articleVol8No2/4_OR1_Heethal.pdfen_US
dc.subjectIndex of Learning Style Questionnaireen_US
dc.titleLearning Style Preferences: A Comparison between Students of an Indian and a Malaysian Medical School.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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