Relationship between learning styles and learning achievement in mathematics based on genders

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Abdul Rahman, Ansari S. Ahmar

2017 World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education Vol. 15 Issue 1 Article Cited by 28 SDG 4SDG 5 Quartile

Abstract

This study was a descriptive study using cross sectional design. The aims of this research were to examine the relationship between learning styles and learning outcomes by gender. The population in this study were all students in 1st year of SMAN 1 Galesong Selatan, Indonesia, in the 2014/2015 academic year. The instruments used in this research was the test of modalities learning styles (TMLS), to determine whether the students' learning styles are visual, auditory and kinaesthetic (VAK), and documentation. The relationship between learning styles and learning outcomes were analysed with the chi-square test and two-way ANOVA. The results of this study showed that 1) the learning styles of visual and auditory learning styles is dominated by women; and 2) there is no relationship between the variables of learning styles, genders and interaction of learning styles with genders to learning achievement. © 2017 WIETE.

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Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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