Türkiye'de Öğrenim Gören Suriyeli Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Algısal Öğrenme Stillerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine which learning styles are concentrated in the areas of visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic and social learning by Syrian secondary school students living in Turkey and to guide teachers about which method and techniques to use for the students with different learning styles and to make suggestions. In the study, descriptive scanning method was used among quantitative research techniques. The data of the study were gathered through the "Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire", whose linguistic valid was made in the direction of the opinions of the three experts. It has been applied to a total of 255 Syrian secondary school students who are studying in various provinces of Turkey. As a result of the data obtained from the research, it was determined that the Syrian secondary school students preferred the tactile and kinesthetic learning styles from the perceptual learning styles rather than the other learning styles and individual learning styles are less preferred by the students than other learning styles. In addition, it was observed that there were meaningful differences in preferences of tactile and kinesthetic learning styles of students according to gender variable. It was found that female students prefer tactile and kinesthetic learning styles less than male students.