Abstract:Understanding the learning styles of the students is very crucial in implementing student-centered learning (SCL). The objectives of this research are to describe: 1) the general learning styles profile of the students of English Education Department, Muria Kudus University; 2) the dependency relationship between learning styles dimensions and gender, and 3) the dependency relationship between subject preference and learning styles dimensions. The participants of this research were 208 students from different semesters as the samples, while the instrument is the Indonesian translation of Solomon-Felder Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. The result of the analysis reveals that: 1) the general learning style profile of the students is balanced; 2) at α .05, there is no significant relationship between the probability of the students of having certain learning styles dimensions and gender; 3) at α .05, the subject preference of the students who are Sensing-Intuitive and Visual -Verbal depends on their learning style dimensions, while that of those who are Active -Reflective and Sequential -Global does not.Key words: learning styles, gender, subject preference, studentcentered learning (SCL)
Abstrak: Memahami gaya belajar mahasiswa sangat penting dalam pembelajaran berbasis mahasiswa (SCL). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendekripsikan: 1) profil umum gaya belajar mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Muria Kudus; 2) hubungan sebab akibat antara dimensi-dimensi gaya belajar dengan jenis kelamin, dan 3) hubungan sebab akibat antara dimensi-dimensi