The learning style of students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Background and Purpose: One of the effective factors on learning-teaching process, is individual learning styles. We aimed to study the learning style of students of Tabriz university of medical sciences.

Methods: This descriptive study was performed on students of Tabriz medical university in 1393. We used Kolb structured questionnaire to identify students’ learning style. The questionnaire included demographic data and 12 questions related to learning styles (Kolb). A total of 288 students at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral professionals participated in this research by completing a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS 21.

Results: According to the results of the learning styles of students, the most number of participants in this study (approximately 43% of participants) were the learning style of absorbing and the minimum number of individuals (7.7%) were accommodating learning style. Between gender and student's education and student learning styles, learning styles and between students learning style and GPA was no significant relationship (pv respectively: 181/0, 612/0, 46/0 and 083 / 0).

Conclusion: Since the dominant learning styles among students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences is absorbent and Learning styles can associate with GPA , especially in the basic level as Bachelor's degree. It is suggested that teachers do works for students to become familiar with relevant theories of learning styles and better application. In this regard, according to different learning styles, performance of practical studies using different methods of teaching can be useful to improve student learning in accordance with students' preferred learning style and level of education.