Learning preferences of first year nursing and midwifery students: Utilising VARK

James, Santhamma; D’Amore, Angelo; Thomas, Theda

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2010.08.008

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“…These results are in line with other published studies. 22 It was interpreted from the results * derived from chi-square test that kinaesthetic style was most preferred by males than females. It indicates that male students prefer to use their senses, and they favour to get experience through simulations or practicalfor better understanding.…”

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Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: Findings from public university of Malaysia

Elkalmi¹,

Kareem²,

Alshami³

et al. 2015

IJPER

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Background: Student's learning style preference is an important consideration for effective and high quality teaching and learning process. Different teaching approaches may not suit students' preferences, hence, producing a gap between learning and delivery instructions. The aim of this study was to assess the learning style preferences among the first year pharmacy students of public sector university of Malaysia. Methods: A prospective cross sectional study was conducted during non-lecture hour using validated VAK (visual, aural, and kinaesthetic) questionnaire. After a brief description about the study, the questionnaire was distributed to investigate student's learning mode preferences. Results: A total of 118 responses were received, giving a response rate of 100%. Unimodal learning style was preferred by majority of the students (94.07%). Specifically, visual approach of learning was commonly reported by the participants (53.4%), followed by kinaesthetic mode (22.88%) and auditory mode (17.8%) respectively. Bimodal and tri-modal learning approach was preferred by 5.08% and 0.85% patients respectively. Gender, residency, number of siblings and parent's income did not influence learning preferences of pharmacy students indicating no significance association between the factors and learning styles of the students. Conclusion: The study concluded that teaching styles should be adapted to accommodate the preferences of learning styles among pharmacy students to improve the quality of the teaching and learning experiences of pharmacy students.

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Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: Findings from public university of Malaysia

Elkalmi¹,

Kareem²,

Alshami³

et al. 2015

IJPER

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“…VARK analysis has been used to determine learning preferences in nursing, [13][14][15] medical, [16][17][18] physiology, 19,20 and dental students 21 ; however, only 2 studies have been published using VARK analysis in relationship to student performance. The first study investigated whether a curriculum was biased toward gender, learning preference, or pre-university experience in veterinary school.…”

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Educational Card Games to Teach Pharmacotherapeutics in an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Barclay

Jeffres

Bhakta

2011

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To implement and assess the effectiveness of card games to teach pharmacotherapeutic topics to pharmacy students and to determine the relationship between students' assessment scores and their learning styles. Design. Two card games, Cardiology Go Fish and Infectious Diseases Gin Rummy, were created and taught to pharmacy students enrolled in an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Students were required to play each game for 1 hour, 3 times over a 6-week period. Assessment. Forty-five students completed a 90-question assessment administered prior to and after the 6-week period in which the games were played. Students' cardiology and infectious diseases assessment scores improved significantly as compared with scores on pharmacy practice questions, 19.2% vs. 5.1%, (p , 0.001) and 10.3% vs. 5.1% (p 5 0.006), respectively. Students learned from participating in the games regardless of their learning preference as determined by the VARK (visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic) questionnaire; however, the cardiology assessment scores of students with a preference for kinetic learning improved the most. Conclusions. Incorporating innovative learning tools such as card games into the curriculum of APPEs can enhance the educational experience of pharmacy students.

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“…According to James et al (2011), the majority of the learners were multimodal with the highest score for kinaesthetic learning. In the current study, age and gender did not significantly impact on the learning styles of the group.…”

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“…With the studies indicating a high prevalence of kinaesthetic learners, there is a need for more hands-on laboratory work, demonstrations and interactive simulations in order to involve all the learning senses of the group (James et al 2011). This is supported by the study of Alkhasawneh (2013) which highlighted the need for lectures that use real-life examples to stimulate the students' learning.…”

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Learning styles among nursing students, the implications for higher education institutions: A systematic review

Frantz

2016

SAJHE

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Understanding the learning styles of nursing students has been highlighted as an area in the scholarship of teaching that needs attention. The aim of this review was to determine the common learning styles of nursing students and the appropriate teaching styles needed. A search was conducted using various databases and journals for the period from 2000 to 2013. Two reviewers independently evaluated the methodological quality of the studies reviewed. The results are presented in a narrative. The 11 articles included in the review represented four continents and were primarily descriptive studies. The review highlighted that nursing students prefer the kinaesthetic and multimodal learning styles. Kinaesthetic learners prefer live examples and lots of interaction. Interactive and real-life experiences as teaching methodologies are the preferred methods of nursing students and are seen as a holistic approach that incorporates all of their senses of seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing and sometimes tasting.

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Learning preferences of first year nursing and midwifery students: Utilising VARK

Cited by 80 publications

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Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: Findings from public university of Malaysia

Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: Findings from public university of Malaysia

Educational Card Games to Teach Pharmacotherapeutics in an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Learning styles among nursing students, the implications for higher education institutions: A systematic review

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