Analyzing the Learning Styles of Preschool Children

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The purpose of this the learning styles of preschool children and understand the effect of gender factor on learning styles. The research is carried out with 128 children. To determine the learning styles of children the Index of Learning Styles for Children (ILSC) which was developed by Güneş (2014) has been used. Descriptive analyses used for determining the learning styles of children. Moreover, t-Test used for understanding the effect of gender on learning style. According to ILSC results, in general children are active/intuitive/visual and analytical/sequential/consecutive learners. As a result of descriptive analyses, active (65%) and visual (67%) learning styles are dominant learning styles. On the other hand, intuitive-sensing and sequential-global learning styles are used by more balanced rather than visual and active learning styles. According to t-Test results there is a statistically significant difference between girls and boys on reflective and sequential learning styles on behalf of girls. It is seen that ILSC can be used for a recognition and evaluation instrument for preschool children. It can be recommended from the results of the study, teachers can arrange the learning environments and planning activities according to children s much and less preferred learning styles for reaching maximum learning capacity.

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Preschool children , learning styles , gender variable

Mersin University Journal Of The Faculty Of Education

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Mersin University Journal Of The Faculty Of Education