Age and Gender as Determinants of Learning Style among Medical Students

Mohammadi, Shabnam; Mobarhan, Majid Ghayour; Mohammadi, Maryam; Ferns, Gordon A.

doi:10.9734/bjmmr/2015/15741

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“…Similar results were observed by other studies, with unimodal style of learning as the predominant style observed among the medical students. [17][18][19] However, the percentage distribution of the students among the different unimodal categories was different in these studies. Busan AM observed a majority of visual learners among the medical students.…”

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A study on the learning styles and learning approaches among medical students

Krishnamurthy¹,

Deepika²,

Ganapathy³

2017

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

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Background: Designing of active learning strategies that promote self-directed learning, has been emphasized in the directives of undergraduate medical education by the Medical Council of India. Acknowledging the diverse learning styles and learning approaches of the medical students is often an underutilized approach to improve classroom instructions. Aims and Objectives: The present study aimed to study the percentage distribution of diverse learning styles and predominant learning approach among the medical students. Materials and Methods: Self-administered visual, auditory, read/write, kinesthetic questionnaire and Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students questionnaire were distributed to 121 medical undergraduate students, to assess their learning style and learning approach, respectively. Results: Of the total 121 students, 53.8% students were unimodal learners and 46.2% were multimodal learners. Among the unimodal learners, predominant were visual learners (24.1%). There was no significant influence of gender on the learning style preferences among the medical students. Deep approach was the predominant learning approach among the medical students. The mean scores of the strategic approach were significantly higher in females compared to the male medical students. Conclusion: A successful learning results only when the teaching and assessment methods are in alignment with the student's learning preferences. Students aware of their learning style and approach may be motivated to adopt techniques that best suit their learning styles and this may result in greater educational satisfaction.

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A study on the learning styles and learning approaches among medical students

Krishnamurthy¹,

Deepika²,

Ganapathy³

2017

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

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“…They also concluded that most medical students at Iran University of Medical Sciences prefer the visual learning style after finishing their second term (Amini et al, 2010). Mohammadi et al found the auditory learning style as the most preferred one (Mohammadi et al, 2015). One of the reasons behind students' preference for the Read/Write learning style may be the common teaching methodology used in their schooling period which was mostly based on reading texts and note-taking.…”

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“…Mohammadi et al also stated that university teachers should provide the opportunity for developing students' kinesthetic abilities by delegating practical tasks (e.g. the presentation of hypothetical anatomical models in the course of Anatomy) to them (Mohammadi et al, 2015). In studies conducted on Turkish medical students (Baykan & Naçar, 2007) and on students at Michigan University (Urval et al, 2014), most students preferred multiple learning styles.…”

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“…Studies have shown a variety of learning styles resulting from different factors including teaching methods, learning environments, learning tasks (Nasirzadeh et al, 2014), pre-university teaching methods and cultural and social differences (Mohammadi et al, 2015).…”

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“…Education experts believe that students respond to their learning environments through different sensory channels; thus, knowledge in this field can be effective in the selection of teaching method (Mohammadi et al, 2015). Given that students and teachers need to be constantly updated regarding the best ways of learning (Samarakoon et al, 2013) and that descriptive information about the status quo is required for making constructive changes in every field (Miandoab et al, 2016;Nazanin Yousefian Miandoab et al, 2015;Miandoab et al, 2015), this survey was conducted to investigate medical students' learning styles in terms of gender.…”

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Identification of Medical Students’ Learning Styles in Terms of Gender

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Ghoreishinia

Zare

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Introduction: Every amazing human development in the modern world is resulted from learning; therefore, teaching and learning improvement are the bases of all activities. There is a wide-range of factors affecting learning and the identification of these factors is very important in fixing problems and deficiencies in educational systems. Among the factors contributing to academic achievement are the consideration of students' differences and identification of their learning styles. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to identify medical students' learning styles in terms of gender.Methodology: This is a descriptive-analytical study that it conducted in 2015 on 360 students of Medical Sciences. The data collected through a two-part questionnaire consisting of questions about students' demographic characteristics and the validated VARK questionnaire to categorize their learning styles. Using the SPSS-19 software, the collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and ANOVA.Results: the results showed that the mostly preferred learning style among medical students was the Read/Write style (48.3% of students at school of nursing, 56.7% of students at school of dentistry, 40% of students at school of medicine, 36.7% of students at school of paramedics, 53.3% of students at school of public health and 43.3% of students at school of rehabilitation). The results also showed no significant relationship between learning style and age (p=0.60), school (p=0.106) and gender (p=0.41).Conclusions: the results of this study showed that there is no significant relationship between gender and learning style of medical students. Furthermore, the mostly preferred learning style of students at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences is the Read/Write style.

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