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Major, minor & negative learning style preferences of Greek university learners
Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey
Zoe Kantaridou
Outline
Literature reviewPurposeInstrumentResultsTeaching suggestions
Literature review-1
Moody, 1988 Ehrman & Oxford, 1989 Reid, 1987 Peacock, 2001
Literature review-2
General comment: Learning styles are influenced by
Educational & occupational engagements
Culture
Oxford, Hollaway and Horton-Murillo (1992: 441)
“Although culture is not the single determinant, and although many other influences intervene, culture often does play a significant role in the learning styles unconsciously adopted by many participants in the culture”
Purpose of study
Provide general learning style profile
Show differences among fields of study
Suggest learning strategies
Participants
Aristotle University & University of Macedonia N=1616 Mean age: 19.5 yrs old Fields of study:
Humanities □Engineering Foreign Languages □Sciences Education □Medicine Economics □Computer Science
Styles Analysis Survey, Oxford 1995
Use of senses during study: visual, auditory, hands-on
Personality/ psychological: Relationship with others: Extroverted or introverted Handling of possibilities: Intuitive-random or
Concrete-sequential Approach to activities: Closure-oriented or open
Cognitive: Use of ideas: Global or analytic
Greek uni Ss’ learning profile
49,0%
62,8%
44,2%
54,5%60,3%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
Visual Extroverted IntuitiveRandom
Closureoriented
Global
Overall Learning Styles Profile
Major: ‘natural’ learning method, strong learning
preference Minor:
Modest but functional learning preference Negative:
Difficult-to-handle learning method, non-spontaneous
Styles FIELDS of STUDY
HUM/FL EDU ECON MED ENG/SC CS
Visual major major major major major major
Auditory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Hands-on negative minor minor minor minor minor
Extrovert minor minor major minor minor major
Introvert negative negative negative negative negative negative
Intuitive-Random major major major major major major
Concrete-sequential minor major minor minor minor minor
Closure-oriented major major minor major major major
Open negative minor negative negative negative negative
Global major major major major major major
Analytic negative negative negative minor negative negative
Styles FIELDS of STUDY
HUM/FLHUM/FL EDU ECON MED ENG/SCENG/SC CS
Visual major major major major major major
Auditory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Hands-on negative minor minor minor minor minor
Extrovert minor minor major minor minor major
Introvert negative negative negative negative negative negative
Intuitive-Random major major major major major major
Concrete-sequential minor major minor minor minor minor
Closure-oriented major major minor major major major
Open negative minor negative negative negative negative
Global major major major major major major
Analytic negative negative negative minor negative negative
Styles FIELDS of STUDY
HUM/FL EDU ECON MED ENG/SC CS
VisualVisual major major major major major majorAuditory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Hands-on negative minor minor minor minor minor
ExtrovertExtrovert minor minor major minor minor majorIntrovert negative negative negative negative negative negative
Intuitive-RandomIntuitive-Random major major major major major majorConcrete-sequential minor major minor minor minor minor
Closure-orientedClosure-oriented major major minor major major majorOpen negative minor negative negative negative negative
GlobalGlobal major major major major major majorAnalytic negative negative negative minor negative negative
Styles FIELDS of STUDY
HUM/FL EDU ECON MED ENG/SC CS
Visual major major major major major major
AuditoryAuditory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Hands-onHands-on negative minor minor minor minor minorExtrovert minor minor major minor minor major
IntrovertIntrovert negative negative negative negative negative negativeIntuitive-Random major major major major major major
Concrete-Concrete-sequentialsequential
minor major minor minor minor minor
Closure-oriented major major minor major major major
OpenOpen negative minor negative negative negative negativeGlobal major major major major major major
AnalyticAnalytic negative negative negative minor negative negative
General comment
Most balanced learners:Education: 5 major + 3 minorMedicine: 4 major + 4 minor
Least flexible learners:Humanities & Foreign Languages,
4 major + 2 minor
Major/ minor Suggested strategies
VisualVisual input: OHTs, PowerPoint presentations, diagrams, highlighting, semantic mapping, revising
Extroverted Active cooperative tasks, projects, laughter/jokes, role plays
Intuitive-randomBrainstorming, identifying the
purpose, making guesses, using
induction
Independent work after clear
instructions of the process &
purpose of the task, goal-
setting, self-evaluationConcrete-sequentialClear instructions, making plans, applying rules to new situations
Closure-oriented Goal-setting with deadlines, links to previous knowledge
Global Mind-maps, cultural knowledge, delay speech production, summarizing, guessingFrequent (re-)organizing of vocabulary, skimming
Negative styles Suggested strategies
Auditory Note-taking from auditory input
Open Negotiation of tasks/ purposeExcept for
EDU (minor)
Analytic
Scanning, recombining/
analyzing into constituents,
compare/contrast
Except for
Medicine
(minor)
the least balanced
Humanities & Foreign Languages
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Vis
ual
Aud
itory
Han
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on
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Intro
vert
Intu
itive
Con
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e
Clo
sure
Ope
n
Glo
bal
Ana
lytic
Senses Personality Possibilities Activity Ideas
Learning Style Prefences in Humanities & Foreign Languges
Major
Minor
Negative
one of the most balanced
Education
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Visual Auditory Hands-on Extrovert Introvert Intuitive Concrete Closure Open Global Analytic
Senses Personality Possibilities Activity Ideas
Learning Style Preferences in Education
Major
Minor
Negative
Economics
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Visual Auditory Hands-on Extrovert Introvert Intuitive Concrete Closure Open Global Analytic
Senses Personality Possibilities Activity Ideas
Learning Style Preferences in Economics
Major
Minor
Negative
one of the most balanced
Medicine
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Visual Auditory Hands-on Extrovert Introvert Intuitive Concrete Closure Open Global Analytic
Senses Personality Possibilities Activity Ideas
Learning Style Preferences in Medicine
Major
Minor
Negative
A. Psaltou-Joycey & Z. Kantaridou
Thank you
Good Luck with your
Visual & hands-on Extroverted Intuitive-random & concrete sequential Closure-oriented and Global students