Learning Style Preferences of Senior High School Students of Aglipay High School S. Y. 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learning preferences are personal learning strengths and weaknesses and different approaches to learning. Learning style according to Reid (1995), refers to an individual's natural, habitual and preferred way of absorbing, processing, and retaining new information and skills. Auditory, Visual, and Kinesthetic are the modalities that are measured in this study. This further sought students’ preferences in learning as Multiple Intelligence is being observed and practiced in teaching-learning processes.

METHODS

Descriptive-Quantitative Research Design was used in the study. Total enumeration sampling is being used as a sampling method. Respondents assessed their learning preferences through a Likert Scale of 1 to 4 wherein 4 connotes that a respondent strongly agrees with the statement while 1 is when he or she strongly disagrees. After gathering data, researchers used varied statistical tools for the interpretation of data. Simple Mean and Percentages are used to know the average profile of respondents in terms of age and gender. Gathered data were independently interpreted through a simple mean. The significant difference of auditory, visual and kinesthetic was also measured through t-test.

RESULTS

Results show that respondents vary in learning preferences. Auditory learning preference, posted a mean of 3.032 or 105 of the respondents prefer to listen to the instructions of teachers for them to understand better. 84.033% of respondents prefer learning through the sense of hearing. Kinesthetic learning weighted 3.026 mean which asserts that respondents agree that they learn better if they are doing the activity and Visual posted a mean score of 2.936. Collectively, it asserts that respondents have differentiated learning preferences. Moreover, results show that there is no significant difference when results are grouped in terms of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning preferences.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the results, it can be inferred that Senior High School students have varied learning preferences and is hereby recommended that teachers should consider Multiple Intelligences for better learning processes.