The investigating pre-service teachers' learning styles with respect to the gender and grade level variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate pre-service teachers' learning styles in terms of gender and grade level variables. The study was carried out at spring semester of 2010. The sample of the study consisted of 347 pre-service teachers at the Department of Primary and Science Teacher Education in Faculty of Education at Artvin Çoruh University. "Kolb Learning Style Inventory" was used as a data collection tool. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation, independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA. The results show that the dominant learning style among the students is accommodator and it is followed by convergent, divergent and assimilator learning style. There was not significantly difference between students' learning style and gender and between students' learning style and grade level. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.