The relationship between learning styles and Inquiry Spirit of Isfahan undergraduate students

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

masoome  heidarpoor ¹ (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد خوراسگان)
mohammadreza  nili ahmadabadi ² (دانشگاه اصفهان)
mohammadhosein  yarmohammadian ³ (دانشگاه خوراسگان)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2016-09-22

Keywords: critical thinking, Kolb Learning styles, Seeking, Research Ability, Inquiry Spirit, Learning,

Abstract :

The present research was done to consider the relationship between learning styles and inquiry spirit of Isfahan undergraduate students. The method of this research was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of this research included 9183 college students of Isfahan University that 376 students were selected by the random stratified random sampling method. To collect data, two kinds of questionnaires were used: Kolb learning style questionnaire (1984) and research made questionnaire of inquiry spirit. The content and face validity of the questionnaires was confirmed experts. The questionnaires reliabilities were determined for each of the learning styles components by Cronbach's alpha. The descriptive and inference statistics were used to analyze. The results showed there is a meaningful relationship between learning styles and in inquiry spirit. The Mann Whitney u test results showed there is not a meaningful difference between the students’ inquiry spirit for separating sex. Kruskal Wallis test results showed there is a difference between the students’ inquiry spirit in different majors.

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