The Learning styles affecting learning achievement of students on Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the learning styles affecting learning achievement of students on Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon The sample consisted of 257 the fourth year students of the faculty of Liberal Arts Mass Communication Technology Textile Industry and Fashion Design Home Economics Technology and Architecture and Design in the first semester of 2007 academie year, the instrument uesd for collecting data was the 5 rating scales -questionnaire on learning styles. The questionnaires consisted of 6 learning styles classified by Reichman and Grasha : Independent, Dependent, Avoidance, Collaborative, Participant and Competitive, consisted of 60 items. The reliability was 0.85. The data were analyzed by using the computer program "SPSS for window". The statistics analysis includes a -coefficients, percentage, mean, and standard deviation The results were as follows : 1. Most students occupied collaborative and participant learning styles, then independent, dependent, avoidance and competitive respectively. 2. The competitive and collaborative affecting learning achievement were significantly different at P<05. The competitive learning style has the negative affecting towards learning achievement. The Collaborative learning style has the positive affecting towards learning achievement. 3. The equation used for predicting learning achievement is Y = 2.697 -0.118 X6 +0.158 Xs