The relationship Between learning styles and preferred teaching methods of high school students in the town of meybod in educational year 90-91.
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planningeshrat zamani 1 , zahra rayat 2 , narges saeidian 3
1 - استاد رشته تکنولوژی آموزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران.
2 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد رشته برنامه‌ریزی آموزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران.
3 - استادیار رشته دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران.
Keywords: learning styles, high school students, Teaching methods,
Abstract :
The main purpose of this researcgh was to investigate the relation beweeb students’ learning styles and their prefereed teaching methods in Iranian high schools. The statistical population was included all of high schools’ students in Maybod in 90-91 year that 325 students of them were randomly selected as the sample of study. The research method was descriptive and correlative one. . Gathered data was analyzed by using both descriptive statistical method such as using (frequencies, means and standard deviation) and inferential data analysis such as (Pearson correlation coefficients, Analysis of Varience and follow up tests). Findings of this study indicated that there is relation between students learning styles and their preffed teaching style. Findings of the study did not indicate any differences between students’ learning styles according to years and academic majors. Comparing the students’ learning styles and preferred teaching methods according to demographic information indicated that there was only differences between students’ learning styles and their preferred teaching methods according to their genders. Girls’ learning style and preferred teaching method were more audio than boys.
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