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Lifelong learning of professionals: the importance of workplace learning : Do people with preferred learning styles according to the Felder-Silverman learning style model learn in accordance with their learning style in the workplace on a daily basis?
Stiebel, Dominik René (2022) Lifelong learning of professionals: the importance of workplace learning : Do people with preferred learning styles according to the Felder-Silverman learning style model learn in accordance with their learning style in the workplace on a daily basis?
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to answer the question of whether individuals learn in accordance with their preferred learning style on a daily basis in the workplace and if filling out the Index of Learning Styles and the belief in learning styles, affects learning on a daily basis. A multilevel analysis was used to answer whether the participants learned in accordance with their preferred learning style and an independent samples test was used to find out if individuals were more likely to learn in accordance with their learning style after filling out the ILS. Partial support was found for the hypotheses that only individuals with a moderate or strong preference for the visual, verbal, global, sensing, and intuitive learning styles tend to learn in accordance with their learning style. No significant difference was found between the group receiving the ILS at day 5 and the group receiving the ILS at day 10. The small sample size, the validity of the ILS and the study design influence the validity of this study. Nevertheless, it is a first step in exploring actual use of preferred learning styles in the workplace. Studies with better study designs are needed to validate these results. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91573 |
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