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Allied Health Students' Learning-Styles Identified with Two Different Assessments
- Source :
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Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice . 2007-2008 9(2):233-250. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This research identified and compared the learning styles of 154 ethnically diverse, upper division undergraduate and graduate students in Allied Health utilizing the "Building Excellence" (BE) (Rundle & Dunn, 2000) and the "Productivity Environmental Preference Survey" (PEPS) (Dunn, Dunn, & Price, 1996). Relationships among age, class standing, ethnicity, gender, and learning style also were examined. Correlation analyses indicated relationships between students' learning-style elements (p less than 0.001), with large effect sizes for Sound, Light, Temperature, Seating Design, Intake, Time-of-day and Mobility, Auditory, Tactile, and Kinesthetic preferences. Gender related learning-style characteristics revealed female preferences for learning by listening and male preferences for cooler temperatures, frequent movement, and learning in a pair or team during instruction. Analyses of variance and follow-up post hoc tests revealed significant age-related learning-style differences for Structure, Intake, Mobility, Early-Morning and Afternoon, and Auditory preferences. (Contains 1 figure and 7 tables.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1521-0251
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- EJ777773
- Document Type :
- Information Analyses<br />Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research