ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal
Vol. 30 No. 2 (2015): ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2015)

Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model and the Relationship With Academic Performance

Dyah Lestari Widaningrum (Bina Nusantara University)
Hwi Chie Ho (Bina Nusantara University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jan 2015

Abstract

The gap between organizational demands on employee competence and actual employee competence gives new challenges to the education industry to continually increase the readiness of its graduates. Teaching models are developed to produce graduates that are in accordance to the demands of the global competition. However in practice, educational staff often use the same model to all of their students (Blau, 2012), setting aside the importance of congruent concept in an effective pedagogical process (Akin-Little & Little, 2009). The current study is aimed to test the learning style of university engineering students based on the Felder-Silverman model and its role on academic performance. Results showed that engineering students in this study have the following learning style preferences: Active–Sensing–Visual–Global, which can be used as a base to design teaching methods, which will hopefully be able to provide better support to students‟ academic performance. Furthermore, a significant relationship between learning style for Active–Reflective dimension and academic performance was found, as indicated by their GPA.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpa

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Subject

Social Sciences

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Anima publishes peer reviewed articles with editors and consultants providing detailed assistance for authors to reach publication. Anima publishes research reports and scientific papers in psychology and/or related sciences with the aim to advance science, knowledge, and theory of ...