Investigating the Relationship between Learning Styles and Cognitive Style of Independent Context in Paramedical Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Mitra Kamyabi ¹ , Tahereh Hasani Saleh ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Science, Kerman branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology and Educational science, Kerman branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Received: 2025-01-03 Accepted : 2025-02-09 Published : 2025-02-12

Keywords: Cognitive Style Independent of the Context, Visual Learning Style, Listening Learning Style, Reading/Writing Learning Style, Kinetic/Motor Learning Style,

Abstract :

Introduction: In today's world, increasing the amount of learning and variables related to it is one of the important issues of educational institutions. In the present research, the relationship between students' learning styles and context-independent cognitive styles has been examined.
Methodology: The method of the current research is a description of the type of correlation and the statistical population of this research is all paramedical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, numbering 300 people. The study sample of this research was selected according to Morgan's table of 169 people through simple random sampling. Research tools were Wark's Learning Styles Questionnaire (2002), Witkin's Cognitive Styles Questionnaire (1997). Pearson-Spearman correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used for data analysis.
Findings: The results of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between the learning style of reading and writing and the cognitive style independent of the context in students. However, there is no significant relationship between the listening, visual and kinesthetic learning styles with cognitive style independent of the context in students.
Conclusion: Learning styles and cognitive styles are very important components in the learning and teaching process of learners and play an effective role in the progress and educational and social performance of people in society, especially students. By understanding these concepts, students learn better and professors improve educational strategies and use more appropriate teaching methods. To solve this problem, students and teachers can be given the necessary knowledge about individual differences and different learning styles and develop these concepts.

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