Learning styles and school performance in a particular school of Lima Norte

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/tematpsicol.2019.n15.2218

Keywords:

Learning Styles; Academic performance.

Abstract

Objective: To identify if there is a significant relationship between learning styles and school performance in the area of mathematical reasoning. Method: The study was carried out with 112 first year high school students from the non-state school “El Buen Pastor” in the Los Olivos district. Intentionally chosen, as it is non-probabilistic. A quantitative, observational, basic, prospective, cross-sectional and correlational research was carried out; the Felder and Silverman Learning Styles Test was used. Results: There is a greater predominance in Active, Visual and Sequential AE, finding that the sequentialglobal category exists significant differences, there could be a direct relationship with AR in mathematical reasoning. Parametric statistical analysis was performed where the data had a normal distribution. Conclusions: AE are significant for the teaching-learning process, there are no highly significant or direct differences with AR.

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Author Biography

Elsa María Bontempo Lozano, Universidad César Vallejo

Magister en Psicología Educativa con Mención en los problemas de Aprendizaje por la Universidad Ricardo Palma. Docente de la Universidad César Vallejo. Directora del Centro Psicopedagógico y Consultora Educativa. 

Published

2019-12-30

How to Cite

Bontempo Lozano, E. M. (2019). Learning styles and school performance in a particular school of Lima Norte. Temática Psicológica, 15(1), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.33539/tematpsicol.2019.n15.2218