NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)

Mahdi Moeni Kıa; Ahmad Alıapour; Esmaeil Ghaderı

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NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)

Abstract

This paper reports on a research done to study learning styles and their roles in the academic achievement of the students of Payame Noor University (PNU), Ardebli center, Iran. 184 students (90 male and 94 female students) in the fourth semester are chosen as our sample using Cocran's formula and random sampling. The questionnaire memletics is used to collect data about learning styles. Reliability of this questionnaire is calculated as a=0.81 using Cronbach's alpha. Total average of students' scores in four semesters is taken as a criterion for academic achievement. Findings show that most of male students use verbal and solitary learning styles. Most of female student use aural and verbal learning styles. The academic achievement of female students is more than the academic achievement of male students. Among the students of Payame Noor University, those who use visual learning style have the greatest achievement. Students with social, aural, verbal, and solitary learning styles are in the following ranks respectively. Students with logical and physical learning styles have the least academic achievement.

Keywords

Learning Styles, Memletics, Distance Education, Academic Achievement

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Mahdi Moeni Kıa This is me

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Kıa, M. M., Alıapour, A., & Ghaderı, E. (2009). NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU). Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 10(2), 24-37. https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD

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1.Kıa MM, Alıapour A, Ghaderı E. NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU). TOJDE. 2009;10(2):24-37. https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD

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Kıa, Mahdi Moeni, Ahmad Alıapour, and Esmaeil Ghaderı. 2009. “NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)”. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 10 (2): 24-37. https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD.

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Kıa MM, Alıapour A, Ghaderı E (June 1, 2009) NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU). Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 10 2 24–37.

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[1]M. M. Kıa, A. Alıapour, and E. Ghaderı, “NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)”, TOJDE, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 24–37, June 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD

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Kıa, Mahdi Moeni - Alıapour, Ahmad - Ghaderı, Esmaeil. “NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)”. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 10/2 (June 1, 2009): 24-37. https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD.

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1.Kıa MM, Alıapour A, Ghaderı E. NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU). TOJDE. 2009;10:24–37.

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Kıa, Mahdi Moeni, et al. “NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU)”. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, vol. 10, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 24-37, https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD.

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1.Mahdi Moeni Kıa, Ahmad Alıapour, Esmaeil Ghaderı. NOTE FOR EDITOR: Study of Learning Styles and Their Roles In The Academic Achievement of The Students of Payame Noor University (PNU). TOJDE [Internet]. 2009 Jun. 1;10(2):24-37. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA25WY25UD

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