Learning habits evaluation of first m.b.b.s students of bhavnagar medical college.
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2012-07
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Background: The learning habit of a learner is the way he handles new information and
experiences, and determines its outcomes. Various types of learning habits are adopted by students,
including visual (V; learning from graphs, charts, and flow diagrams), auditory (A; learning from
speech), read-write(R; learning from reading and writing), and kinesthetic (K; learning from touch,
hearing, smell, taste, and sight).Understanding their preferred learning habits as visual, auditory,
read-write or kinesthetic learners will help to improve the teaching methods adopted. Facilitators
and supporters themselves may need guidance and training in how to identify feedback and adapt
learning to individual's habits.
Objective: To assess different learning habits of medical students and hence provide student
oriented education, producing efficient doctors.
Materials and Methods: This study was performed at Department of physiology in Govt. Medical
College, Bhavnagar in March 2011.Eighty four (84) medical students of first MBBS were participated
in the study. By using the English version of the visual, auditory, reading or writing, kinesthetic
(VARK) questionnaire, we measured the difference in learning habits of First year medical students.
Results: In Unimodal learning habit highest preference was given to auditory mode (48.57%), then
to Kinesthetic (28.57%) & then to read (14.29%) & visual (8.57%). Among Multimodal learning habit
students (n=44), 64.29% students preferred bimodal, 2.38% students preferred trimodal and
33.33% students preferred quadrimodal learning habit.
Conclusion: Knowing that students have different preferred learning modes, will help medical
instructors in our faculty develop appropriate learning approaches and explore opportunities so that
they will be able to make the educational experience more productive. The results will help faculty to
develop appropriate learning approaches and explore opportunities, so that they will able to make
the educational experience more productive.
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Learning Preferences, Unimodal and Multimodal Learning Habit, Medical Students
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Shah Chinmay, Patel Shailesh, Diwan Jasmin, Mehta Hemant. Learning habits evaluation of first m.b.b.s students of bhavnagar medical college. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health. 2012 ; 1(2): 81-9-86.