Learning styles and academic performance in students of a high school in Bucharest
Abstract
This research aimed to look for a relationship between the learning styles and the grades of 308 students between 15 and 18 years old from a high school in Bucharest. The Honey-Alonso Learning Styles Questionnaire was used to identify the learning styles. It is composed of 80 items that respond to four learning styles: active, reflective, theoretical, and pragmatic. Multiple linear regression analysis was used as a statistical test. The results showed that active and reflective learning styles are significant predictors of student scores. The theoretical and pragmatic styles do not contribute significantly to predicting the academic achievement of the surveyed students. Therefore, it is vital that teachers adapt their strategies so that students, regardless of their learning style, have a successful performance.
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