learning styles in engineering students and  Its implications for higher education curricula

Amini, Mohammad; Rahimi, Hamid

doi:10.22047/ijee.2016.14610

learning styles in engineering students and Its implications for higher education curricula

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Mohammad Amini

Hamid Rahimi

Assistant Professor, Human Science Faculty, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2016.14610

Abstract

The purpose of this research was the survey on learning styles of engineering students and its implications for higher education curricula. The type of research was applied research and survey approach. The population of this research was all of the engineering students in Kashan University (N=2621) which 187 of them were selected by sample size formulate. The data was collected using Kolb learning style questionnaire with 12 items. Questionnaire validity confirmed by the corresponding experts. By use of Cronbach Alpha coefficient, reliability coefficients were obtained equal to 0.87. Data’s analysis is performed does in descriptive level (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential level (one sample t test, independent t-test and one way ANOVA) by SPSS 18 statistical software. Findings indicated that Engineering students learn method was more abstract conceptualization and active experimentation and concrete experience has the lowest average. Also engineering students' learning style, absorbing and converges and has the lowest average is accommodating.

Keywords

Learning

Learning Style

Student

Engineering College

university