Prevailing learning styles in the estudents at Institución Educativa Robledo

Abstract

This research has two stages: first, making a theoretical approach to identify models and perspectives on learning styles, differentiating them from the cognitive styles; second, the scale and learning styles of learners in grades six and seven at Robledo School, located in Calarca municipality in Quindio is determined. Thus, a quantitative-descriptive methodological approach was carried out. The learning styles rate by Felder and Soloman (sf) was applied to 234 students. It is noteworthy that the research was structured by seven stages, namely: exhaustive review of the literature; sample selection; project information to parents; application of the questionnaire; analysis and interpretation of data thereof,
; proposal; presentation of results in the institutional framework and, finally, presentation of a final report. These phases are extended in this written work. On the other hand, this research shows that grade 6 students perceived sensitive information more easily (with a slight preference). Furthermore, regarding the type of stimuli, grade 6 learners’ visual style stands in contrast to grade 7 learners’ whose tendency adresses to verbal style (with a slight preference), since students prefer to process information actively (with a discrete choice) and students progress in learning sequentially, with a moderate preference in grade 6 learners and discrete in grade 7 learners.