Influence of learning styles on student performance in self-instructional courses

Alana Oliveira, Vitoria Spinola, Deise Garrido, Mario Meireles Teixeira, Carlos Salles and Ana Estela Haddad

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the learning style of dentistry students in self-instructional courses to assist in pedagogical planning and to choose the most appropriate educational resources for the students’ learning profile. A sample of 122 students who responded to the Learning Styles Questionnaire was analyzed. For statistical purposes, correlation analysis, chi-square test, odds ratio, and Student’s t-test were performed. In the analyzed sample, there was a higher prevalence of students in the theoretical and reflector styles, and a lower prevalence of students in the activist and pragmatic styles. An analysis of educational resources demonstrated the predominance of theoretical and reflective content. The data show a statistically significant reduction of about 74% in the chances of passing for the activist-pragmatists group compared to other students (χ2(1, N = 122) = 5.795, p

Date: 2023
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