شناخت سبك هاي يادگيري دانشجويان رشته كشاورزي و تاثير آن بر پيشرفت تحصيلي

Agricultural Studentsʹ Learning Styles and its Impact on the Academic Performance

The purpose of this study was to recognize agricultural studentsʹ learning styles and its impact on the academic performance. The design for this study was a descriptive-correlational research with data collected using questionnaire. The statistical population of this study consists of junior and senior students of agricultural colleges in public universities in the year 2006-2007 that a sample of 256 members was selected by using stratified random sampling method. Face validity of the instrument was determined by opinions of experts and faculty members and reliability of the instrument was determined by Cronbachʹs alpha. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 11.5. The findings show that female studentsʹ learning style was converging and male studentsʹ learning style was accommodator. The means comparison test revealed that students with different type of learning style were significantly different (p=.05) in academic performance. Duncanʹs test revealed that academic performance of accommodator students was more than diverger students. Also, academic performance of converging students was more than di verger students.