In:
Annals of King Edward Medical University, Annals of King Edward Medical University, Vol. 22, No. 2 ( 2016-05-23)
Abstract:
Learning style is the composite of cognitive, affective, and physiological characteristics that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts and responds to the learning environment. Felder – Solomon Index of Learning Style (ILS) includes Sensitive/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal and Sequential/ Global, Active/reflective. The learning strategies are a major indicator of exam performance of students.Objective: To find the association between academiclearning strategies and annual examination results among medical students of King Edward Medical University.Study Design: Cross – sectional study design.Study Setting and Duration: King Edward Medical University and 3 months.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among the 3rd, 4th, and 5th year medical students of KEMU Lahore. Informed consent was taken. A total of 300 students, 100 each from 3rd, 4th and 5th year were taken. 132 males (44%) and 168 females (56%) were part of the study. Simple Random sampling (non-pro-bability sampling) was used.Results: The overall dominant learning strategies among students of King Edward Medical University were sensing/SNS (64.3%), visual/VIS (80.7%), sequential/SEQ (63.7%) and Active/ACT (50.3%). Chi squared test for individual learning combinations against achiever types showed no significant association between academic learning strategies and annual exam performance (p value 〉 0.05). Results also showed that females performed better academically than their male counterparts.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2079-0694
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2079-7192
DOI:
10.21649/akemu.v22i2.1290
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Annals of King Edward Medical University
Publication Date:
2016
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