Relationship between learning styles, motivation and educational efficiency in students of computer science

When teaching methodology is consistent with the student´s learning style, the learning process is more efficient. There are different models describing the students´ learning styles. In this paper we present an experience with students of engineering degree in computer science in which we studied the relationship that may exist in applying two different teaching methods (traditional and active learning) regarding the educational efficiency and motivation of students in learning of greedy algorithms using the model of Felder-Silverman.