دورية أكاديمية
Learning style preferences of first-year dental students at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: influence of gender and GPA.
| العنوان: | Learning style preferences of first-year dental students at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: influence of gender and GPA. |
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| المؤلفون: | Al-Saud LM; Operative Dentistry Division, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, King Saud University, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia; dr_loulwa@yahoo.com. |
| المصدر: | Journal of dental education [J Dent Educ] 2013 Oct; Vol. 77 (10), pp. 1371-8. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8000150 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1930-7837 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00220337 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Dent Educ Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2020- : Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: [Washington, etc.] American Assn. of Dental Schools. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Consumer Behavior* , Educational Measurement* , Learning*, Education, Dental/*methods , Students, Dental/*psychology, Adolescent ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Hearing ; Humans ; Kinesthesis ; Male ; Reading ; Saudi Arabia ; Sex Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Universities |
| مستخلص: | The aim of this study was to investigate the learning style preferences of a group of first-year dental students and their relation to gender and past academic performance. A total of 113 first-year dental students (forty-two female, seventy-one male) at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, participated. The Visual, Aural, Read-write, and Kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire was used to determine the students' preferred mode of learning. This sixteen-item questionnaire defines preference of learning based on the sensory modalities: visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. More than half (59 percent) of the students were found to have multimodal learning preferences. The most common single learning preferences were aural (20 percent) followed by kinesthetic (15.2 percent). Gender differences were not statistically significant. However, a statistically significant difference was found in the mean values of GPA in relation to the students' learning style preferences (p=0.019). Students with a single learning style preference had a lower mean GPA than those with multiple (quad-modal) learning style preferences. For effective instruction, dental educators need to broaden their range of presentation styles to help create more positive and effective learning environments for all students. |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Saudi Arabia; VARK; dental students; learning preferences; learning styles |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20131008 Date Completed: 20131126 Latest Revision: 20220409 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| PMID: | 24098042 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 1930-7837 |
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