The Weakest and the Strongest Learning Styles of Grade 11 Bread and Pastry Students of Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The term "learning styles" speaks to the understanding that every student learns differently. A learning style is a method or a way of educating, of how the students will understand the teaching style of teachers, to develop and foster themselves. Many students recognize that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. The learning styles are widely used to describe how learners gather, interpret and absorb the lessons. It even seems that the most important factor to be considered to the academic performance of the students, are their learning styles and its contribution to the betterment of their performance in school. In fact, there is no recent study conducted in Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High (ETTMNHS) regarding the learning styles of the Grade 11 Bread and Pastry students, making the study quite noble. The researchers chose this topic to determine the weakest and the strongest learning style (haptic, aural and visual) of Grade 11 Bread and Pastry Students of ETTMNHS for the School Year 2018 -2019.

METHODS

The researchers used a descriptive-quantitative method for the research design. The participants of the study are the Grade 11 Bread and Pastry Students of ETTMNHS for the Academic Year 2018-2019. To obtain the good representation of the students, the researchers decided to randomly pick 54 respondents who were Grade 11 taking forth the Technical Vocation Livelihood track, particularly directing on the Bread and Pastry division as the sample size of the study. The researchers used survey forms or questionnaires.

RESULTS

The data revealed that the majority of the male and female students of Grade 11 Bread and Pastry students always used the visual learning style to interpret, comprehend, retain information and understand their lessons properly and effectively. While the least and uncommon learning style preference was the aural, because the students have found listening for a whole period of time, a major difficulty.

DISCUSSIONS

The results revealed that most of the Grade 11 Bread and Pastry students learn their lesson easier if they use the visual learning style and on the other hand, experiences the otherwise when merely listening to the teacher’s discussion. This research helps the students to develop more their strongest learning style to improve and hasten further their academic performances in school.