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An Analysis of Learning Styles for Implementing Learning Strategies of First-year Engineering Students  

Choi, Keum-Jin (Center for Engineering Education Innovation, Konkuk University)
Kim, Ji-Sim (Center for Teaching & Learning, Konkuk University)
Shin, Dong-Eun (Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.14, no.4, 2011 , pp. 11-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify learning strategies by learning style of first-year engineering students in order to find implications for teaching and learning strategies in engineering education. This study was conducted with 273 first-year students in two universities in Korea. Following were the results: First, there were Sensing learners(72.2%), Visual learners(84.6%), Reflective learners(64.8%), and Sequential learners(58.2%) and the level of learning strategies was 3.28(SD=0.38). Secondly, the finding revealed that there was only significant difference in learning strategies on Information processing dimension and Active students demonstrated higher level of learning strategies than Reflective students. To be more specific, there were significant differences in cognitive, meta-cognitive, and internal and external management. For engineering education, implications for teaching strategies in classroom and self-regulated learning strategies were discussed.
Keywords
Engineering Education; Learning Style; Learning Strategies;
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