Analyzing learning styles of students to improve educational practices for computer literacy course
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Date
2012
Authors
Başkan, Gülsün Atanur
Özdamlı, Fezile
Kanbul, Sezer
Özcan, Deniz
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Analyzing the students' learning style is a rather important factor in the preparation of learner-centered instructional design activities. The purpose of the present study was to determine the learning styles of students at Uludag University Faculty of Education in order to develop teaching strategies for the Computer Literacy Courses to be conducted in the future years. The study was conducted during the spring semester of the 2010 academic year. A total of 921 students from different departments of the faculty participated in this study. According to the data obtained from the study, it was concluded that students' learning style profiles were similar across all of the departments.
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Bu çalışma, 02-05 Şubat 2012 tarihleri arasında Barcelona[İspanya]’da düzenlenen 4. World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES)’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.
Keywords
Education & educational research, Learning styles, Learning preferences, Computer literacy course, Felder and soloman index of learning styles, Intervention, Achievement
Citation
Uzun, A. vd. (2012). "Analyzing learning styles of students to improve educational practices for computer literacy course". ed. G. A. Başkan vd. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2012), 46, 4125-4129.