Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to
Financial report analysis in Problem-base learning
Miss Supaluck Boontanom
E-mail : supaluck.boontanom@gmail.com
Professional and Organizational Development Network of Thailand Higher Education
6th Annual National Conference on
"Outcome based Education: Progressing towards the 21 Century Quality Graduates”
July 28 – 29, 2011 -- The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel
Outline
1 Introduction
2 Objectives
3 Research methodology
4 Results & Conclusions
5 Q&A
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Introduction
Do you over teach your students?
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The purpose of research
1 Relationships among learning styles of learning achievements
of students by Problem base learning
2 Compare between learning achievements of students and
student learning styles
3 Compare between learning achievements pre-test and posttest of students
4 The opinion of students in the problem based learning (PBL)
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Conceptual Framework
Learning Styles
Learning
Achievement
Test
Problem base
learning
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Assumptions
1
Problem-base
learning has positive
effect on learning
achievements of
students
2
Learning styles of
students has no
effect on learning
achievements
T-test
Pearson Correlation
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Learning Style
Scale
Writer
CITE Learning Style
Scale
Babich Burdine
Albright & Rando
(1980)
Grasha Riechmann
Grasha
Riechmann
Learning
LearningStyles
StylesInventory
Grasha-Riechmann
Grasha-Riechmann
1975
1975
Age
Students
HS
HS&&College
College
Inventory
Style Dimensions
Auditory, Visual, Language,
numeral, physical, study
condition, stand alone, with
others
What kind
kind of
of an
What
an interaction
interactionthe
the
students
are
in
with
the
teachers
students are in with the teachers
and their friends.
and their friends.
Learning Styles
Inventory
Dunn, Dunn & Price
1982a
3-12 age
Emotional, sociological
psychological, logical
Learning Styles
Inventory
Kolb (1976)
Young
Adolescences
Reflective, Observation/Concrete
Experience Abstract
Conceptualization/Active
Experience
Learning Styles Profile
Keefe & Monk 1986
Grade 6-12
Psychological Environmental,
cognitive, emotional, Information
processing
Perceptual Learning
Styles Scale
Reid 1984
Grade 3-12
Auditory, Visual, tactile,
kinesthetic, group, individual
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
The 60-item version of Grasha and Riechmann's Student Learning Style Scales
(six scales, 10 items per scale)
Independent
Participant
Avoidant
Collaborative
Learning
Style
Dependent
Competitive
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
1 Independent learners
Independent learners prefer to work alone,
not in groups. They are confident learners
that don't have the need to confer with
others.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
2 Dependent learners
Dependent learners need feedback from
the teacher or their peers for structure and
guidance. They prefer to have someone tell
them what to do.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
3 competitive learners
One of the goals of competitive learners is
to do better than their peers. They see the
classroom as a win--lose situation in which
they must win, and they need to be
recognized for their accomplishments.
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
4 Collaborative learners
Collaborative learners learn through
sharing and cooperating with the
teacher and their peers. They prefer
small group discussions and group
projects.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
5
Avoidant learners
Avoidant learners can be difficult to reach.
They are reluctant to learn and uninterested
in class activities. They may not even want
to attend class. They do not enjoy learning
and generally try to avoid it at all costs.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style
6
Participant learners
Participant learners are eager to learn and
enjoy classroom activities and discussion.
They take responsibility for their learning,
and are eager to do as much class work as
possible. They are highly motivated to meet
the teacher's expectations.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scale
Learning style scales
Low
Moderate
High
Independent
1.0 – 2.7
2.8 – 3.8
3.9 – 5.0
Avoidant
1.0 – 1.8
1.9 – 3.1
3.2 – 5.0
Collaborative
1.0 – 2.7
2.8 – 3.4
3.5 – 5.0
Dependent
1.0 – 2.9
3.0 – 4.0
4.1 – 5.0
Competitive
1.0 –1.7
1.8 – 2.8
2.9 – 5.0
Participant
1.0 – 3.0
3.1 – 4.1
4.2 – 5.0
Table AI.
Learning style scales
Defined in GRSLSS
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Step of Problem-base learning by EAU
Summary and Report
Summative evaluation
Learning and Application
Planning
Problem Analysis
Formative evaluation
Brain Storming
Problem
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The data was gathered
1 Personal Data
2 Students learning style
3 The opinion of students
4 Achievement Test
The 60-item version of Grasha and
Riechmann’s Student learning Style
Scales
(six scales, 10 items per scale)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The advantages from learning
The teaching environment
Learning activities
Time and work load
Student 'attitudes towards PBL
Learning Achievement Test by
using long essay of 15 questions
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The Results of analysis
Gender
7%
93%
GPA
Female
Male
0%
less than 2.00
14%
38%
14%
2.51 - 3.00
expect
3.01 - 3.50
0%
21%
14%
2.00 - 2.50
D or D+
34%
more than 3.50
C or C+
B or B+
65%
A
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The Results of analysis
Learning Style
Learning style
Low
Moderate
High
Independent
24.14%
75.86%
0
Avoidant
6.90%
86.21%
6.90%
Collaborative
14.79%
20.69%
65.52%
Dependent
3.45%
86.66%
6.90%
Competitive
3.45%
75.86%
20.69%
Participant
10.34%
72.41%
17.24%
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The Results of analysis
Learning Achievement Test
N
X
SD
T-test
Pre-test
29
0.71
0.53
*-33.848
Post-test
29
7.72
1.25
*t (0.05, df=28, sig. (2-tailed) = .00
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The Results of analysis
The relationship between Learning Styles and Achievement test
Learning Styles
Learning
Achievement
Test
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
The Results of analysis
The opinions of students in the problem based
learning (PBL).
1
The advantages from learning
High
X = 3.753
2
The teaching environment
High
X = 3.747
3
Learning activities
4
Time and work load
5
Students 'attitudes towards PBL
X = 3.736
X
Moderate
= 3.241
X
Moderate
= 3.172
High
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Conclusions
Topic
Researcher
Improving the quality of accounting
students 'learning through action
oriented learning tasks.
Adler and Milne
(1997)
New Zealand
Some empirical evidence on the
superiority of problem based learning
(PBL) method
Breton (1999)
Canada
Comparation of learning achievement
by using Problem-based learing
(PBL) and normal learning with the
subject of Auto air conditioning in high
vocational certificate
Chanchai Dasri
(2007)
Thailand
The group attended the course using
the PBL approach scored higher to
most questions and also acquired
better and longer lasting knowledge.
Students who had participated in
problem-based learning had higher
learning achievement than students
who has learn by normal learning.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Conclusions
Topic
Researcher
Relationships among learning
styles, learning behaviors of
learning in virtual campus upon
learning achievement of
graduate students
Anuchai
Theeraroungch
aisri (1999)
Thailand
Learning style was not found significantly effect on
learning achievement.
Comparation of Learning
Achievement by Using ProblemBased Learing (PBL) and
Normal Learning with the
Subject of Auto Air Conditioning
in High Vocational Certificate
Chanchai Dasri
(2007)
Thailand
The learning activity and the advantage from
problem - base learning are in high level and
higher than normal learning.
Relationships among learning
styles, learning behaviors of
learning in virtual campus upon
learning achievement of
graduate students
Anuchai
Theeraroungch
aisri (1999)
Thailand
Students are positive towards the PBL process but
they do not indicate clearly that they have
experienced the benefits of PBL. Furthermore,
they do not find the PBL mode of study much more
interesting than the lecture based method.
Relationships among learning styles and achievement of students to Financial report analysis in Problem base learning
Relationships among learning styles
and achievement of students to
Financial report analysis in
Problem base learning
Miss Supaluck Boontanom
E-mail : supaluck.boontanom@gmail.com
Professional and Organizational Development Network of Thailand Higher Education
6th Annual National Conference on
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"Outcome based Education: Progressing towards the 21 Century Quality Graduates”
July 28 – 29, 2011 -- The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel