Investigating the Relationship between preferred learning styles and individual characteristics

Authors

Carla Canales, St. Mary's University
Makalah Macias, St. Mary's University
Helena S. Svilberg, St. Mary's University

Files

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Contributor

Zwahr-Castro, Jennifer (Faculty Mentor); Hill, Heather (Faculty Mentor)

Keywords

Learning Styles, Individual Ability, Academic Demographics, Barsch Learning Style Inventory

Description

An individual’s ability to learn is important especially for thriving in a learning environment. Many people have a false understanding of learning styles. Individuals are influenced by many different factors on an everyday basis. While there are many limitations that influence an individual’s learning style, this study was conducted to investigate academic demographics and learning styles. A comparison was made between an individual’s prior education, age, gender, and course history with the Barsch Learning Style Inventory score. A survey was used to snowball to different participants around the St. Mary’s University campus and other campuses. The survey collected demographic questions, the Barsch Learning Style Inventory, and individual's course history. The results indicated that when given the choice between visual, auditory, and kinesthetic most participants believed to be one learning style but were incorrect and endorsed a different style. The findings suggest that the participants had many different outsides influences on preferred learning styles.

Format

pdf

Size

1 page

City

San Antonio, Texas

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.