The Role of Student and Instructor VARK Learning Styles in Principles of Economics

Autor/inn/en	Sabiston, David; Leung, Ambrose
Titel	The Role of Student and Instructor VARK Learning Styles in Principles of Economics
Quelle	In: Issues in Educational Research, 30 (2020) 4, S.1502-1521 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1837-6290
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Style; Preferences; Economics Education; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Introductory Courses; Undergraduate Students; College Faculty; Congruence (Psychology); Late Adolescents; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Performance Factors; Academic Achievement; Visual Learning; Kinesthetic Methods; Teacher Student Relationship; Foreign Countries; Canada (Calgary) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Wirtschaftskunde; Mikroökonomie; Makroökonomie; Einführungskurs; Fakultät; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Halbstarker; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Leistungsindikator; Schulleistung; Visual education; Visuelles Lernen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Ausland
Abstract	Do students have preferred learning styles and, if so, can these preferences -- in addition to other abilities and attributes -- influence their performance in post-secondary education? There is a significant body of literature, across many disciplines, endeavouring to answer this question. In this paper, we examine a variant of this question with respect to the discipline of economics: to what extent do instructors' attributes and preferred learning styles also influence student performance in principles of economics courses? Employing the VARK (visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic) learning style preference methodology, we find evidence that student performance can be significantly influenced by (i) students who have a visual learning preference and (ii) instructors who share a preferred kinesthetic learning style with their students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01