This study investigates the correlation between students' learning styles, computer competency and student satisfaction in Web-based distance learning. Three hundred and one graduate students participated in the current study during the Summer and Fall semesters of 2002 at the University of North Texas. Participants took the courses 100% online and came to the campus only once for software training. Computer competency and student satisfaction were measured using the Computer Skill and Use Assessment and the Student Satisfaction Survey questionnaires. Kolb's Learning Style Inventory measured students' learning styles. The study concludes that there is a significant difference among the different learning styles with respect to student satisfaction level when the subjects differ with regard to computer competency. For accommodating amd diverging styles, a higher level of computer competency results in a higher level of student satisfaction. But for converging and assimilating styles, a higher level of computer competency suggests a lower level of student satisfaction. A significant correlation was found between computer competency and student satisfaction level within Web-based courses for accommodating styles and no significant results were found in the other learning styles.

Learning styles can be defined as the set of features that characterize the way people learn and process information. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between learning styles and academic performance of students who completed the fifth year of the Pharmacy Program at Universidad de Costa Rica during the years 2011 to 2013. We applied the Honey-Alonso Learning Styles questionnaire. Regarding the overall mean, we obtained that there are no differences in the preference for an active, reflective, theoretical or pragmatic style. Students don’t have a pure learning style, but a combination of two or more of them, which favours the learning process as they have more tools to adapt to the teachers’, the courses’ and the study program’s requirements. / Los estilos de aprendizaje se pueden definir como el conjunto de rasgos que caracterizan la forma en que aprenden y procesan información las personas. El objetivo del presente estudio es establecer la relación entre los estilos de aprendizaje y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes que cursaron el V año de la carrera de licenciatura en Farmacia de la Universidad de Costa Rica, durante los años 2011 a 2013. Se aplicó el Cuestionario de Honey-Alonso de Estilos de Aprendizaje. Se obtuvo que en relación con el promedio global, no existen diferencias entre preferencias para los estilos activo, reflexivo, teórico o pragmático. Los estudiantes no presentan un estilo de aprendizaje puro, sino una combinación de dos o más de estos, lo cual favorece el proceso de aprendizaje al tener más herramientas de adaptación a los requerimientos de los profesores, los cursos y la carrera.

This study investigated the effects of selected spelling teaching methods on spelling mastery of upper-elementary, learning disabled students. It also examined the value of assessing learning disabled students' modality preferences for diagnostic/prescriptive purposes.The study's significance is that it sought to (a) determine whether students classified as learning disabled can identify their preferred learning modes; (b) determine whether matching modes of instruction to students' modality reference(s) results in greater achievement; and (c) identify a systematic way of prescribing instruction for learning disabled students.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between the learning style of a kindergarten child and the level of achievement in language arts. The study was done at the request of the school district of a small community in north Texas, and it incorporated the total public school kindergarten population, 110 subjects. Instruments were the Learning Style Inventory: Primary by Perrin, the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, and an achievement test developed by the regional education service center. The LSI:P was administered to all students by one person while the two achievement tests were administered by individual teachers to their own classes. The children were divided into groups according to their rating on the LSI:P, using the Prescription Circle by Dunn and Dunn as modifier. ANOVA and chi square analysis were utilized to compute frequencies and percentages at the .05 level to determine relationships between learning styles' group membership and attainment in language. A definite relationship was found between a child's learning style and achievement on the language arts objectives. Indications were that the elements of motivation, persistence and responsibility, and perceptual mode preferred by the learner had strong relationship to success in achievement. It was concluded that a relationship exists between the ability to conduct successful word analysis and a child's learning style. It was also determined that children of kindergarten age can self-report learning style as measured by the Learning Style Inventory: Primary. It is recommended that longitudinal studies be conducted to discover if learning styles change with maturity. Other studies could be done on subgroups of the kindergarten population to find what impact preschool experiences, English as a second language, or sex of the child may have on the relationship between a child's learning style and achievement in language arts.

Today's classrooms are filled with an ethnically and linguistically diverse population of students. In order for Limited English Proficient (LEP) high school students to be academically successful and meet the goals of No Child Left Behind 2001, they must learn academic English. As an art teacher, I understand the importance of art in a student's general education. However, could a high school art class, also, act as a tool for teaching LEP students the English language? My goal, through the use of action research, is to find an effective way to set up an English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 1 art class, thus, giving students the benefits of art while furthering their English language development.

Student Number : 8109673 - MSc research report - School of Science Education - Faculty of Science / Many students fail the Fundamental Algorithmic Concepts course, in first year Computer Science at the University of the Witwatersrand. To obtain an understanding of why this occurs, the learning styles and learning approaches of the students studying the course and the relationship of these concepts with student grades were researched. A predominately qualitative paradigm was used, supplemented with quantitative data. Two research designs were selected: a survey to get a broad overview of the sample and an ethnographic design to provide an in-depth description of a small group. Existing instruments were used for the survey, namely Felder and Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles and a learning approach diagnostic test that was constructed in South Africa. An interview with open-ended questions was used for the ethnographic research. Contrary to expectations, the results of the study indicated that the adoption of a deep learning approach did not imply success. The findings suggest that a strategic learning approach may be required to achieve good grades. In contrast to other studies, over 65% of the sample population were black students. It was found that black students tend to adopt a deeper learning approach than the rest of the students. From a learning style perspective there was some new evidence to indicate that the more intuitive or global a student was, the deeper the approach the student adopted to learning. A large percentage (over 80%) of the population were visual learners and an unusually high percentage (over 60%) were reflective learners. The lecturer should match the workload and assessment methods with the desired learning approach of the students. The lecturer should also encourage the students to adopt a strategic learning approach where appropriate. In addition, the lecturer should pay particular attention to incorporating teaching styles that accommodate students with visual and active learning style preferences.

A relação ensino-aprendizagem tem sido objeto de preocupação de pesquisadores e teóricos, tanto na busca de estratégias alternativas facilitadoras, quanto para o desvendar dos mecanismos e das práticas educativas que produzem o sucesso ou o chamado fracasso escolar. Os estilos de aprendizagem de estudantes são investigados enquanto variável envolvida na construção dos conhecimentos. Nesta órbita o objetivo principal deste estudo é propor uma abordagem de implementação de estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem, para ser usada nas aulas de um curso técnico de eletroeletrônica de forma a facilitar a aprendizagem de seus alunos. Esta estratégia levará em conta o estilo de aprendizagem dos alunos, de maneira que as aulas sejam preparadas após uma análise da forma como os alunos têm mais facilidade em aprender. Os estilos de aprendizagem escolhidos foram os obtidos nos questionários desenvolvidos por Felder e Soloman (ILS), questionário on-line, acessível na página eletrônica da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP). Desta forma os professores receberão treinamento para lidar com os diversos estilos, terão em seus diários de classe o mapeamento da forma como seus alunos percebem, retém, processam e organizam as informações recebidas, ou seja, os estilos de aprendizagem de cada um e os alunos serão treinados para aprenderem a melhorar seu desempenho escolar, através de uma melhor utilização das suas maneiras particulares de aprender. Após o acompanhamento das aulas para realização do trabalho verificou-se que os docentes seguem as estratégias alinhadas com o procedimento da escola e não tendem a repetir seus estilos de aprendizagem em suas aulas; Pôde-se observar também que quando algum aluno demonstra dificuldade de entendimento doassunto o docente faz uma recolocação da mesma forma que a anterior, sem considerar o estilo de aprendizagem do aluno. No entanto, a situação de incompatibilidade entre estilos de alunos e forma de ensinar é amenizada pelo fato da escola analisada contar com dinâmicas de ensino que naveguem bem entre os estilos, uma vez que as aulas são estruturadas entre teóricas e práticas. Logo, a partir deste estudo reafirma-se a expectativa geral dos benefícios do conhecimento sobre estilos de aprendizagem para as práticas educacionais, principalmente no que tange à melhoria dos métodos de ensino e à qualificação das ações do professor. / The teaching learning process has been concerning researchers and specialists over searching for alternative strategies as well as over unraveling the mechanisms and teaching practices that result on the success or the so called scholar failure. The students learning styles are studied as a variable involved in the knowledge construction. Thus, the core of this research is to propose an approach of teaching and learning strategies implementation. This approach will be used in electrical-electronic technical course lessons in order to make the learning process simpler for the students. This strategy will consider the learning styles of the students so that the lessons will be prepared after analyzing how the students learn more easily. The learning styles chosen were those available in the questionnaires developed by Felder and Soloman (ILS), which are online on the website of Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP). So, the teachers will be trained to deal with the different styles, they will also have the analysis of how their students understand, retain, process and organize the information received, ie the learning styles of each one of them, disposed in their classroom control. The students, on the other hand, will be trained to learn to improve their scholar results by using their own learning strategies in a more appropriate way. In order to conclude this study, it was necessary to watch some lessons, and after that, it was possible to notice that the teachers use teaching strategies according to the school procedures and they do not tend to repeat their own learning styles while teaching. It was also noticed that when a student has some difficulties in understanding the subject of the lesson, the teacher explains that in the same way he had done before, without considering the student learning style. The incompatibility between the students styles and the ways of teaching is reduced due to the fact that this specific school has teaching dynamics that flow among the different styles with no problem, as the lessons are divided into theoretical and practical. Therefore, with this study, the benefits of knowing the learning styles for the teaching practice are reassured, as initially expected, mainly when they are related to the development of teaching methods and the qualification of teacher actions.

As pessoas têm diferentes preferências no aprender, que acabam se refletindo nas suas diversas características acadêmicas e profissionais. Há muito tempo se procura uma resposta para a pergunta: \"por que nas mesmas condições de ambiente e forma de ensino, dois estudantes de mesmo nível intelectual, possuem níveis de aprendizagem diferentes?\". Parte da resposta pode ser encontrada nos estilos de aprendizagem, os diferentes modos pelos quais as pessoas percebem e processam as informações. Entender os diferentes estilos de aprendizagem é um passo importante para favorecer a individualidade, tirar proveito das habilidades e também identificar os modos menos preferidos de aprender. Esse autoconhecimento é fundamental ao tratamos do ensino a distância (EaD), que requer que os próprios alunos se organizem e otimizem seu próprio aprendizado. A partir do momento em que conhecem suas preferências, os estudantes têm a possibilidade de dirigir sua aprendizagem nessa direção. Por outro lado, o professor também tem subsídios para planejar atividades e disponibilizar recursos que atendam a uma variedade maior de alunos, diminuindo assim a taxa de desistência e mantendo a motivação, uma vez que a mesma também está intimamente ligada com o nível de comunicação e interação na sala virtual. Assim, o objetivo deste projeto é mapear os estilos de aprendizagem de estudantes matriculados em um curso de licenciatura em Computação na modalidade EaD e analisar a influência desse construto na interação desses estudantes no fórum. Para a coleta dos estilos de aprendizagem dos 36 alunos foram usados os instrumentos desenvolvidos por Felder e Soloman (1991) e o de Keirsey e Bates (1984), ambos traduzidos para o português. Os resultados identificam uma distribuição dos estilos de aprendizagem bem característica para alunos de um curso de licenciatura em Computação a distância. Além disso, as correlações entre esses estilos de aprendizagem e a interação na sala virtual na ferramenta fórum demonstram que os alunos ativos (FELDER; SOLOMAN, 1991) foram os que possuíram níveis de maior interação e de forma oposta, os racionais (KEIRSEY; BATES, 1984) estavam entre os que menos participaram das discussões. Verificou-se também uma predominância de indivíduos ativos dentre os que responderam aos tópicos de forma objetiva (critério de interação C1), assim como uma tendência de indivíduos dessa dimensão relacionarem mais os assuntos discutidos (critério de interação C2). Dessa forma, os resultados confirmam que o modo como os alunos interagem no fórum tem relação com seus estilos de aprendizagem, os quais podem auxiliar na proposição de atividades que motivem e incrementem a participação na sala virtual. / People have different preferences in learning, that reflect in their several professional and academic characteristics. Long ago it is looking for an answer to the question: \"why, in the same conditions of environment and education form, two students of same intellectual level, have different learning levels?\". Part of the reply can be found in the learning styles, the different ways for which people perceive and process the informations. Understanding the different learning styles is an important step to favor the individuality, to make good use of the abilities and also identify the ways less preferred to learn. This self-knowledge is fundamental when we are dealing with the long-distance education, which request that the own students organize themselves and optimize their own learning. From the moment when they know their preferences, the students have the possibility to direct their learning in this direction. On the other hand, the teacher also has subsidies to plan activities and to arrange resources for a bigger variety of students, thus diminishing the desistance rate and keeping the motivation, a time that this one is also deeply connected to the level of communication and interaction in the virtual room. Thus, the objective of this project is to map the learning styles of the students registered in a computer science course in long-distance education, and to analyze the influence in these students\' interaction in the forum. For the collection of the learning styles of the 36 students, it had been used the tools developed by Felder and Soloman (1991) and the Keirsey and Bates\' (1984), both translated into portuguese. The results identify a distribution of the learning styles well characterized for students of a long-distance bachelor course in Computer Science. Moreover, the connections between these learning styles and the interaction in the virtual room in the forum tool show that the active students (FELDER; SOLOMAN, 1991) were who had the levels of bigger interaction and, in contrast, the thinkers students (KEIRSEY; BATES, 1984) were among the ones that had less participated in the debates. It was also verified a predominance of active individuals between who had answered to the topics objectively (interaction criterion C1), as well as a trend of individuals of this dimension relate more the argued subjects (interaction criterion C2). This way, the results confirm that the way as the students interact in the forum has a relation with their learning styles, which can assist in the proposal activities that motivate and develop the participation in the tools of the virtual classroom.

Apoiando-se nas proposições dos teóricos e pensadores clássicos da educação e nas três principais abordagens do ensino que são: Teoria Inatista, Teoria Interacionista e Teoria Cognitivista e ainda no construto dos estilos de aprendizagem humanas; o presente estudo tem como objetivos: determinar o perfil pedagógico dos docentes das disciplinas do curso de engenharia de produção da FEI-SP, através de um roteiro balizado nos teóricos da educação, seguindo as três abordagens do ensino. Este roteiro construído pelo autor, serviu de base para verificar qual linha de pensamento teórico é adotada pelo docente, verificação esta feita durante a realização das aulas em sala ou laboratórios. Complementa-se esta verificação através de um questionário dirigido aos alunos, construído também pelo autor, e tendo como base em um modelo de avaliação institucional desenvolvido pela Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP-SP). A finalidade deste questionário é captar a percepção do aluno consoante uma, amostra representativa, a respeito da capacitação do docente em sala de aula. Compararam-se o perfil pedagógico obtido de cada docente com o seu estilo de aprendizagem, fornecido pelo inventário de Kolb (Learning Style Inventory- LSI). Os resultados das percepções dos alunos sobre, os docentes pesquisados, têm um caráter complementar para que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem possa ser entendido de uma forma sistêmica. Obteve-se o perfil pedagógico e os estilos de cada um dos docentes do universo de 20 pesquisados, e ainda uma avaliação junto a uma amostra representativa de 278 alunos pesquisados em um universo de 906 alunos do curso de Engenharia de Produção da Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial (FEI-SP). Espera-se que através deste estudo haja uma conscientização dos docentes pesquisados para um engajamento institucional que leve à proposição de melhorias em sala de aula e possíveis mudanças curriculares através de critérios pré-estabelecidos. / Relying on theoretical propositions and thinkers of classical education and the three main approaches to education which are: theory inactive, theory and interactionist theory cognitive and in the construct of the learning styles of humanities, the study aims to: determine the profile teaching of teachers of the engineering disciplines of the course of production the FEI, Sao Paulo, through a roadmap balizado in theoretical education, following the three approaches to teaching. This road map constructed by the author, served as a basis to see what line of theoretical thinking is adopted by teachers, check this place during the conduct of lessons in the classroom or laboratories. It complements it was checking through a questionnaire distributed to students, also built by the author, and based on a model of institutional assessment developed by the Faculty of Education at UNICAMP, Brazil. The purpose of this questionnaire is to raise the perception of the student as one representative sample, about the training of teachers in the classroom. Compared with the educational profile obtained from each teacher with their style of learning, provided by the inventory of Kolb (Learning Style Inventory-LSI). The results of students\' perceptions about the teachers surveyed have a complementary character so that the teaching-learning process can be understood in a systemic way. It was obtained the educational profile and the styles of each of the teachers surveyed, 20 of the universe, and even an assessment with a representative sample of 278 students surveyed in a universe of 906 students on the course in Production Engineering from the FEI, Sao Paulo. It is hoped that through this study there is an awareness of teachers surveyed for an institutional commitment to the proposition that leads to improvements in the classroom and curriculum changes possible through pre-established criteria.

Esse estudo tem como objetivo principal avaliar o impacto dos estilos de aprendizagem dos alunos, professores e disciplinas no desempenho acadêmico dos alunos do curso de graduação em Contabilidade da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto ? Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-RP/USP). Para identificação dos estilos de aprendizagem foi utilizado o Índice de Estilos de Aprendizagem de Felder-Soloman (ILS), questionário on-line, acessível na página eletrônica da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos ? Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP). Participaram da pesquisa, 194 alunos do curso de graduação em Contabilidade da FEA-RP, o que corresponde a 82% dos alunos ativos do curso, e 29 professores que, além do ILS, responderam um outro questionário, elaborado pelos pesquisadores, com base no Modelo de Felder-Silverman, para identificação dos estilos de 40 disciplinas do curso. O desempenho acadêmico dos alunos foi mensurado pelas médias finais das notas obtidas por eles, antes das reavaliações, critério este escolhido, em termos de precisão metodológica, como forma de tornar a pesquisa direcionada e objetiva. Os resultados mostraram que os estilos dominantes dos alunos são: ativo, sensorial, visual e seqüencial. A maioria dos professores tem estilos reflexivo, intuitivo, visual e seqüencial e a maioria das disciplinas é reflexiva, sensorial, verbal e seqüencial. Foi constatado o impacto dos diferentes estilos de aprendizagem desses elementos no desempenho acadêmico dos alunos, tanto individualmente, como combinados, revelando, para algumas dimensões, médias significativamente mais altas. / This study has as main objective to evaluate the impact of student, teacher and class learning styles in under graduate academic performance in the Accounting course of the School of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto ? University of São Paulo (FEARP/ USP). For identification of learning styles it was used the Felder-Soloman?s Index of Learning Styles (ILS), on-line questionnaire, accessible on the electronic page of the School of Engineering of São Carlos University of São Paulo (EESC/USP). It has participated of the research, 194 students of the FEA-RP Accounting course, which corresponds to 82% of the active students of the course, and 29 teachers who, beyond the ILS, had answered one another questionnaire, elaborated by researchers, on the basis of the Felder-Silverman?s Model, for identification of the styles of course?s 40 classes. The student?s academic performance was measured for the final grades gotten by them, before the reevaluations, criterion chosen, in terms of methodological precision, as a form to have the research direct and objective. The results show that the student?s dominant styles are: active, sensorial, visual and sequential. Most of teachers is reflective, intuitive, visual and sequential and most of classes is reflective, sensorial, verbal and sequential. The impact of the different learning styles of these elements in the student?s academic performance, such as individually and combined, disclosing was evidenced, for some dimensions, significantly better grades.