Sensory Learning Styles, Cognitive Learning Activity for Accounting Business Management Students: An Emerging Guide

Abstract

As students, the learning strategy is the individual approach to have effective learning. Different learning styles are ubiquitous throughout today's educational system. Students are uniquely different from each other, they tend to perceive information differently such as viewing, watching, listening, and involving in physical activities. Students must know how to learn better and to nurture them to be responsible for their learning process. This study was conducted to investigate the most effective sensory learning styles of students taking Accounting Business Management to boost their cognitive learning. Specifically, the study aimed to identify the most preferred learning style of students according to age, gender, and highest educational attainment of parents. This study was carried out among (40) students chosen from grade 12 using purposive sampling. Next, a self-formulated questionnaire was used and an unstructured interview was performed to augment the data gathered. Data were analyzed and presented in the form of weighted mean, verbal interpretation, and ranking. This study found out that the most effective learning style of the students in Visual Learning Style in which they easily visualize objects and outcomes in the mind’s eye. The problems encountered by the students is that they were talking when they should be participating and cooperating in class. On the solution, the teacher should come up with creative and interesting teaching aids that may lead to better student performance. Finally, this study revealed that the student's preferred learning style plays an important role in every student. The students must take responsibility for increasing their self-awareness and for choosing their preferred learning strategy.