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The relationship between students learning styles and academic performance: final year accounting students

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Title
The relationship between students learning styles and academic performance: final year accounting students
Type
Article
Main Author
Noor Saatila Mohd Isa
Additional Authors
  • Norliana Omar
  • Farah Husna Mohd Fatzel
  • Zulkifli Mohd Ghazali
  • Norazmi Anas
Subject
L Education (General)
Language Code
eng
Bibliographic Details
Place of Production
Tanjong Malim
Publisher
Fakulti Pembangunan Manusia
Year of publication
2021
Degree Type
Not related
Corporate Name
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract

Accounting students at tertiary education basically prefer different types of learning styles. This study investigated the impact of the relationship among the learning style preferences of undergraduate accounting students,awareness of learning styles and their academic achievements. Participants of the study consisted of all the final year accounting students in UiTM Tapah. The results indicated that the students prefer kinesthetic learning modality, and for the rest of the modalities students found that they are generally well-balanced. The study found that there were significant awareness of learning styles among students particularly for the kinesthetic type of students. However, based on the test conducted, there was no significant correlation between the academic achievement and the learning style preferences of the students. There was also no significant relationship between learning styles and awareness of the learning styles. Hence, types of learnings styles do not contribute directly to the accounting students’ academic performance.  

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