Gender differences in learning style preferences of high school students

Abstract

Learning styles denote to the distinction that exists in the ability of people to accumulate, interpret and assimilate information. The appropriate use of learning style is very beneficial for effective class teaching. Among different learning styles, three of the most popular are visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. The main objective of this research was to explore gender difference in preferred learning modalities of high school students. Different students take in information from different learning styles. Some are visual learners, while others are auditory or kinaesthetic learners. This study is an explorative cross sectional. The nature of this study was based on quantitative method. 102 high school students with reference to gender The finding showed that high school students' preferred learning style was kinaesthetic.