Innovation in Education
a look at learning styles
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https://doi.org/10.21721/p2p.2020v7n1.p23-37Keywords:
Learning styles, Evaluation, Educational environment, Innovation, KnowledgeAbstract
The present study compares the results obtained from the application of a questionnaire on learning styles with the findings in the literature, in addition to identifying the existing correlations with teaching strategies for the management of educational knowledge. For that, we used the studies on learning styles obtained from a systematic literature review carried out by Canto and Bastos (2019); we applied a VAK questionnaire (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to 110 teachers who were students of a postgraduate course and, subsequently, to 756 students distributed among technical, industrial learning, high school, and professional qualification courses; and compared the results obtained. The results showed that out of the 10 articles selected because they used an evaluation instrument and were focused on the VAK standard, or on the VARK (including Aural-Read), in 70% of them the preference was for the Visual and Kinesthetic styles. In this study, 95% of the evaluated student-teachers and 80% of the other students also showed preference for the Visual and Kinesthetic styles. We concluded that exploring learning styles can enable students to identify strengths and weaknesses when learning and enable teachers to define their goals and activity strategies so that they can design student-centered activities.
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