INVESTIGATING DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES OF STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

Abstract

The present research was conducted to investigate the different learning styles of students at university level. Four learning styles were explored to see their effectiveness. A quantitative nature study with survey research design was used to carry out this study. This study was delimited to the students of Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.  The population of this study consisted of 3200 male and female students from different programs. The sample selected for this study was 600 students by using simple random sampling technique. Instrument for this study was developed by the researchers and four learning styles i.e. activist learning styles, reflective learning styles, pragmatic learning style and theorists leaning style were focused while developing Learning Style Inventory (LSI). The instrument was validated by four education experts and piloted on 60 students to check the reliability of the instrument. Instrument was finalized while applying changes suggested after piloting. After finalization of the instrument, data was collected by the researchers and analyzed through application of descriptive statistics (mean, SD, and frequencies) and inferential statistics (Independent sample t-test for identifying gender based differences).