This study determined whether basic business teachers at Florida Junior College at Jacksonville, having certain leadership styles, had any effect on the academic achievement of their students having certain learning style preferences. All basic Introduction to Management classes taught at Florida Junior College at Jacksonville, for the Fall school term, 1979 were included in this study. / The learning style of the student was determined by administering The Learning Style Inventory copyrighted by David Kolb. These styles are called Accommodator, Diverger, Assimilator and Converger. The leadership style of the teacher was determined by the results obtained on the Leader Effectiveness and Adaptability Description Questionnaire. These styles are called S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4. / Student achievement was measured by giving the students the CLEP test for Introduction to Management (FORM SCT 1) at the beginning of the course, and post-test (FORM SCT 2) was given. Student achievement was then classified as the test score difference between the pre and post test. The Otis Lennon Mental Ability Intelligence test was given to all students to determine if the level of intelligence affected student achievement. / Since the primary purpose of this study was to determine if student achievement was affected by the match or mismatch of the teacher's leadership style and the students learning style, the following findings emerged: (1) It was determined that students whose learning style was identified as Accommodator, Diverger, Assimilator and Converger achieved at approximately the same rate. (2) Students who were placed in categories high, medium and low I.Q., achieved at approximately the same rate. (3) The match of the Converger and Assimilator student learning style with the S-1 leadership style showed a significant effect on student achievement. (4) There was a significant effect on student achievement within all four learning styles when taught by the S-2 leader. (5) The mismatched student learning styles (Converger and Assimilator) had a significant effect on student achievement when taught by the S-3 leader. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-03, Section: A, page: 0955. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74128 |
| Contributors | BALLARD, FRANCIS BYRON., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 113 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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