The impacts of learning styles, learning patterns and demographic factors on learners’ performance in a blended learning environment

Lists

Download

Full text not archived in this repository.

Tools

Al-Azawei, A. and Lundqvist, K. (2014) The impacts of learning styles, learning patterns and demographic factors on learners’ performance in a blended learning environment. In: International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2014), 10-12 Nov. 2014, London, pp. 105-111. doi: 10.1109/i-Society.2014.7009021

Abstract/Summary

Many studies have widely accepted the assumption that learning processes can be promoted when teaching styles and learning styles are well matched. In this study, the synergy between learning styles, learning patterns, and gender as a selected demographic feature and learners’ performance were quantitatively investigated in a blended learning setting. This environment adopts a traditional teaching approach of ‘one-sizefits-all’ without considering individual user’s preferences and attitudes. Hence, evidence can be provided about the value of taking such factors into account in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems (AEHSs). Felder and Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles (ILS) was used to identify the learning styles of 59 undergraduate students at the University of Babylon. Five hypotheses were investigated in the experiment. Our findings show that there is no statistical significance in some of the assessed factors. However, processing dimension, the total number of hits on course website and gender indicated a statistical significance on learners’ performance. This finding needs more investigation in order to identify the effective factors on students’ achievement to be considered in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems (AEHSs).

Altmetric Badge

Item Type	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/39720
Item Type	Conference or Workshop Item
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science
Uncontrolled Keywords	Demographic Features; Learning Styles; Learning Patterns; Students’ Performance
Download/View statistics	View download statistics for this item

Deposit Details

Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2015 11:29	Date item deposited into CentAUR
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2024 06:38	Date item last modified

References

[1] F. A. Dorça, L. V. Lima, M. A. Fernandes, and C. R. Lopes, “Comparing strategies for modeling students learning styles through reinforcement learning in adaptive and intelligent educational systems: An experimental analysis,” Expert Syst. Appl., vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 2092– 2101, May 2013. [2] R. Felder and R. Brent, “Understanding student differences,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 57–72, 2005. [3] A. Al-Azawei and A. Badii, “STATE OF THE ART OF LEARNING S TYLES -BASED ADAPTIVE EDUCATIONAL HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS ( LS-BAEHS S ),” Int. J. Comput. Sci. Inf. Technol., vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1–19, 2014. [4] Y. Akbulut and C. S. Cardak, “Adaptive educational hypermedia accommodating learning styles: A content analysis of publications from 2000 to 2011,” Comput. Educ., vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 835–842, Feb. 2012. [5] J. W. Keefe, “Learning style: An overview." Student learning styles: Diagnosing and prescribing programs,” pp. 1–17, 1979. [6] R. Felder and L. Silverman, “Learning and teaching styles in engineering education,” Eng. Educ., vol. 78, no. June, pp. 674–681, 1988. [7] F. Coffield, D. Moseley, E. Hall, and K. Ecclestone, “Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning: A systematic and critical review,” 2004. [8] T. A. Litzinger, S. H. Lee, J. C. Wise, and R. M. Felder, “A Psychometric Study of the Index of Learning Styles©,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 309–319, Oct. 2007. [9] T. Hawk and A. Shah, “Using learning style instruments to enhance student learning,” Decis. Sci. J. Innov. …, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–19, 2007. [10] S. Viola, S. Graf, and T. Leo, “Analysis of Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles by a Data-Driven Statistical Approach,” Eighth IEEE Int. Symp. Multimed., pp. 959–964, 2006. [11] R. Felder and J. Spurlin, “Applications, reliability and validity of the index of learning styles,” Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 21, no. 1, 2005. [12] S. Chen and X. Liu, “An integrated approach for modeling learning patterns of students in Web-based instruction: A cognitive style perspective,” ACM Trans. Comput. Interact. ( …, vol. 15, no. 1, 2008. [13] L.-H. Chen, “Web-based learning programs: Use by learners with various cognitive styles,” Comput. Educ., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1028– 1035, May 2010. [14] E. Yecan and K. Calgiltay, “Cognitive Styles and Students’ Interaction with an Instructional Web-site: Tracing Users through Eye-gaze,” Sixth IEEE Int. Conf. Adv. Learn. Technol., pp. 340–342, 2006. [15] A. Zapalska and D. Brozik, “learning styles and online education,” Campus-Wide Inf. Syst., vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 325–335, 2006. [16] A. T. Chamillard and R. E. Sward, “Learning styles across the curriculum,” ACM SIGCSE Bull., vol. 37, no. 3, p. 241, Sep. 2005. [17] V. Campbell and M. Johnstone, “The Significance of Learning Style with Respect to Achievement in First Year Programming Students,” 2010 21st Aust. Softw. Eng. Conf., pp. 165–170, 2010. [18] J. Lu, C.-S. Yu, and C. Liu, “Learning style, learning patterns, and learning performance in a WebCT-based MIS course,” Inf. Manag., vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 497–507, Jul. 2003. [19] P.-A. Federico, “Learning styles and student attitudes toward various aspects of network-based instruction,” Comput. Human Behav., vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 359–379, Jul. 2000. [20] E. Triantafillou, A. Pomportsis, S. Demetriadis, and E. Georgiadou, “The value of adaptivity based on cognitive style: an empirical study,” Br. J. Educ. Technol., vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 95–106, Jan. 2004. [21] N. Norwawi, “Classification of students’ performance in computer programming course according to learning style,” Data Min. …, no. October, pp. 37–41, 2009. [22] L. Hammoud, S. Love, and W. Brinkman, “Does cognitive style affect student performance on a web-based course?,” Eur. Conf. Cogn. …, pp. 1–5, 2009. [23] V. de Palo, M. Sinatra, G. Tanucci, L. Monacis, P. Di Bitonto, T. Roselli, and V. Rossano, “How Cognitive Styles Affect the E-learning Process,” 2012 IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Adv. Learn. Technol., pp. 359– 363, Jul. 2012. [24] O. O. Demirbas and H. Demirkan, “Learning styles of design students and the relationship of academic performance and gender in design education,” Learn. Instr., vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 345–359, Jun. 2007. [25] E. J. Brown, T. J. Brailsford, T. Fisher, and a. Moore, “Evaluating Learning Style Personalization in Adaptive Systems: Quantitative Methods and Approaches,” IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 10–22, Jan. 2009. [26] L. Thomas, M. Ratcliffe, J. Woodbury, and E. Jarman, “Learning styles and performance in the introductory programming sequence,” Proc. 33rd SIGCSE Tech. Symp. Comput. Sci. Educ. - SIGCSE ’02, p. 33, 2002.

University Staff: Request a correction | Centaur Editors: Update this record

Search Google Scholar