The learning style preferences of chiropractic students: A cross-sectional study

Whillier, Stephney; Lystad, Reidar P.; Abi-Arrage, David; McPhie, Christopher; Johnston, Samara; Williams, Christopher Kwesi O.; Rice, Mark

doi:10.7899/jce-13-25

Cited by 24 publications

(29 citation statements)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The outcome of this study also indicated that both (multimodal and unimodal) presentations did not change over the course of study [30]. The study by Turner et al also identified the similar result regarding learning preferences of pediatric residents using VARK and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory.…”

Section: Review and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…While the study done by Whillier et al showed no significant difference between unimodal and multimodal learning styles from first year to fifth year. But there was significant difference in preferences for visual and read/write type of learning style as the age increases [30]. These results were just opposite as we compare the findings of the study done by Murphy et al (among undergraduate dental student) and by El Tantawi (among postgraduate dental students).…”

Section: Learning Style and Agecontrasting

confidence: 69%

“…Unlike these reports the study done by whillier et al among 1st year to 5th year chiropractic students showed that neither multimodal style nor unimodal style varied in subsequent year. Though this different finding was not justified by the author it might be due to the fact that chiropractic is a very hands-on profession, which would appeal to kinesthetic learners, who, thus, would then remain motivated throughout their training and is nearly similar in pattern of curriculum, which caused the student to follow what they took initially [30]. Further researches should be done to understand the shifting of learning style in different level of medical education.…”

Section: Learning Style and Level Of Medical Educationmentioning

confidence: 90%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Exploration of preferred learning styles in medical education using VARK modal

Khanal¹,

Shah²,

Koirala³

2014

RusOMJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Learning styles is a term used to refer to the methods of gathering, processing, interpreting, organizing and thinking about information. Students have different learning styles, which is the reason for the diversity seen in classrooms in regards to how students acquire information. Claxton and Murrell had divided the learning styles into the following four categories: personality models, information-processing models, social-interaction models, and instructional preferences models. VARK (an acronym for Visual, Aural, Read/write and Kinesthetic, different way of learning styles) is a learning inventory categorized into the 'instructional preference' modal. Many studies were done using the VARK inventory among the medical education but the preferred mode of learning was variable in different parts of the world. The relationship of age, gender and academic performance with the mode of learning was also not consistent. So this article tried to conclude the preferred mode of learning and relationship of mode of learning with gender and other factors by analyzing the previous studies done using VARK questionnaire among the medical students in daily teaching and learning environment. Pub Med and Google Scholar were used as a search engine to find the article. Altogether 20 full text research papers were retrieved and reviewed. In the most of part of the world the studies showed that multimodal learning style was the predominant one over unimodal. Further in multimodal quadmodal was the most preferred one followed by other presentation. In the unimodal presentation most preferred one is kinesthetic type of learning along with visual, aural and read write in less extent. Age factors had no lucid relationship with the learning style though some variations were observed with age.This review was expected to be useful as scientific evidence in the field of medical education and also as a reference for further research.

show abstract

Section: Review and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

Section: Learning Style and Agecontrasting

confidence: 69%

Section: Learning Style and Level Of Medical Educationmentioning

confidence: 90%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Exploration of preferred learning styles in medical education using VARK modal

Khanal¹,

Shah²,

Koirala³

2014

RusOMJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The study by Whillier showed that chiropractic students had a preference for the kinaesthetic learning style, which did not change over the course of the study. (12) Liew found a majority of the students had a unimodal (kinesthetic) learning style. (18) The study by Turner showed that the majority of paediatric residents were kinaesthetic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many factors infl uence a student's learning style including the gender, (8)(9)(10)(11) age, (12) geographical background, (13) and educational major (14) among other factors. Th e level of education is also considered to be one factor that aff ects the learning style.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The preferred learning styles utilizing VARK among nursing students with bachelor degrees and associate degrees in China

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: This study aimed to determine the differences in learning style preferences among bachelor degree nursing students at Central South University and associate degree nursing students at the Vocational Health School in China. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey using the Chinese version of the VARK questionnaire to assess preferred learning styles: 159 enrolled bachelor degree nursing students and 199 enrolled associate degree nursing students completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 96.8%. Results: The bachelor degree nursing students tend to prefer a multimodal learning style (58.49%), which signifi cantly differed from that of associate degree nursing students (45.77%). The kinaesthetic modality was the predominant unimodal learning style among the bachelor degree and associate degree nursing students (18.20% and 33.67%), and the read-write modality was the least popular modality (2.5% and 4.02%). Conclusion: There are both differences and similarities between the learning style preferences of bachelor degree and associate degree nursing students. Educational background is one of the most critical factors that infl uence the learning style preference of nursing students. This fi nding may be necessary and benefi cial for carrying out future curricula reform. In addition, further comprehensive research should be conducted to examine the relationships between learning style preferences and academic performance, as well as learning style preferences and teaching methods.

show abstract

Student performance on practical gross anatomy examinations is not affected by assessment modality

Meyer

Innes

Stomski

et al. 2015

Anatomical Sciences Ed

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Anatomical education is becoming modernized, not only in its teaching and learning, but also in its assessment formats. Traditional "steeplechase" examinations are being replaced with online gross anatomy examinations. The aims of this study were to: (1) determine if online anatomy practical examinations are equivalent to traditional anatomy practical examinations; and (2) to examine if students' perceptions of the online or laboratory testing environments influenced their performance on the examinations. In phase one, 10 third-year students were interviewed to generate perception items to which five anatomy lecturers assigned content validity. In phase two, students' gross anatomical knowledge was assessed by examinations in two modes and their perceptions were examined using the devised survey instrument. Forty-five second-year chiropractic students voluntarily participated in Phase Two. The two randomly allocated groups completed the examinations in a sequential cross-over manner. Student performance on the gross anatomy examination was not different between traditional "steeplechase" (mean ± standard deviation (SD): 69 ± 11%) and online (68 ± 15%) modes. The majority of students (87%) agreed that they felt comfortable using computers for gross anatomy examinations. However, fewer students found it easy to orientate images of cadaver specimens online. The majority of students (85%) agreed that they felt comfortable working with cadavers but there was less agreement on the effect of moving around the laboratory during practical examinations. This data will allow anatomists to confidently implement online assessments without fear of jeopardizing academic rigor or student performance.

show abstract

The learning style preferences of chiropractic students: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Exploration of preferred learning styles in medical education using VARK modal

Exploration of preferred learning styles in medical education using VARK modal

The preferred learning styles utilizing VARK among nursing students with bachelor degrees and associate degrees in China

Student performance on practical gross anatomy examinations is not affected by assessment modality

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About