The Relationship Between Learning Style Preferences and Gender, Educational Major and Status in First Year Medical Students: A Survey Study From Iran

Asiabar, Ali Sarabi; Jafari, Mehdi; Sadeghifar, Jamil; Tofighi, Shahram; Zaboli, Rouhollah; Peyman, Hadi; Salimi, Mojtaba; Shams, Lida

doi:10.5812/ircmj.18250

Cited by 53 publications

(55 citation statements)

References 31 publications

(36 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In a study, Amini and colleagues found some gender-based differences in learning styles which were not statistically significant (Amini et al, 2010). However, in studies conducted by Mohammadi et al (Mohamadi Azni et al, 2008) and Sarabi et al (Sarabi-Asiabar et al, 2015), a significant relationship was observed between gender and learning styles. Honigsfeld examined gender-based differences in learning styles in five different countries and reported that compared to males, females have higher levels of personal motivation, persistence, responsibility and needs for social diversity and warm relationships.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Identification of Medical Students’ Learning Styles in Terms of Gender

Pour

Ghoreishinia

Zare

et al. 2016

GJHS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction: Every amazing human development in the modern world is resulted from learning; therefore, teaching and learning improvement are the bases of all activities. There is a wide-range of factors affecting learning and the identification of these factors is very important in fixing problems and deficiencies in educational systems. Among the factors contributing to academic achievement are the consideration of students' differences and identification of their learning styles. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to identify medical students' learning styles in terms of gender.Methodology: This is a descriptive-analytical study that it conducted in 2015 on 360 students of Medical Sciences. The data collected through a two-part questionnaire consisting of questions about students' demographic characteristics and the validated VARK questionnaire to categorize their learning styles. Using the SPSS-19 software, the collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and ANOVA.Results: the results showed that the mostly preferred learning style among medical students was the Read/Write style (48.3% of students at school of nursing, 56.7% of students at school of dentistry, 40% of students at school of medicine, 36.7% of students at school of paramedics, 53.3% of students at school of public health and 43.3% of students at school of rehabilitation). The results also showed no significant relationship between learning style and age (p=0.60), school (p=0.106) and gender (p=0.41).Conclusions: the results of this study showed that there is no significant relationship between gender and learning style of medical students. Furthermore, the mostly preferred learning style of students at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences is the Read/Write style.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Identification of Medical Students’ Learning Styles in Terms of Gender

Pour

Ghoreishinia

Zare

et al. 2016

GJHS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There was a predominance of diverging learning style across all years of the program. Liew et al [11], reported that there was no gender differences in learning style.However, studies have reported relation between learning style and gender of students [12,13].The difference in the findings related to gender can be associated to the context of cultures, as majority of the study participants were females and females probably tend to learn through feelings [13].…”

Section: An Exploration Of the Learning Style Among Undergraduate Nurmentioning

confidence: 94%

An Exploration of the Learning Style Among Undergraduate Nursing Students From An Indian Perspective

Nair¹

2016

IOSR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Similar results were observed by a study from Iran, with males being predominant kinesthetic learners. [27] However, statistical test does not reveal a significant influence of gender on the learning style preferences. Similar results were observed by other studies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study on the learning styles and learning approaches among medical students

Krishnamurthy¹,

Deepika²,

Ganapathy³

2017

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Designing of active learning strategies that promote self-directed learning, has been emphasized in the directives of undergraduate medical education by the Medical Council of India. Acknowledging the diverse learning styles and learning approaches of the medical students is often an underutilized approach to improve classroom instructions. Aims and Objectives: The present study aimed to study the percentage distribution of diverse learning styles and predominant learning approach among the medical students. Materials and Methods: Self-administered visual, auditory, read/write, kinesthetic questionnaire and Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students questionnaire were distributed to 121 medical undergraduate students, to assess their learning style and learning approach, respectively. Results: Of the total 121 students, 53.8% students were unimodal learners and 46.2% were multimodal learners. Among the unimodal learners, predominant were visual learners (24.1%). There was no significant influence of gender on the learning style preferences among the medical students. Deep approach was the predominant learning approach among the medical students. The mean scores of the strategic approach were significantly higher in females compared to the male medical students. Conclusion: A successful learning results only when the teaching and assessment methods are in alignment with the student's learning preferences. Students aware of their learning style and approach may be motivated to adopt techniques that best suit their learning styles and this may result in greater educational satisfaction.

show abstract

The Relationship Between Learning Style Preferences and Gender, Educational Major and Status in First Year Medical Students: A Survey Study From Iran

Cited by 53 publications

References 31 publications

Identification of Medical Students’ Learning Styles in Terms of Gender

Identification of Medical Students’ Learning Styles in Terms of Gender

An Exploration of the Learning Style Among Undergraduate Nursing Students From An Indian Perspective

A study on the learning styles and learning approaches among medical students

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About