Date Approved
4-16-1996
Embargo Period
8-31-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Community College Education
Department
Educational Services and Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Broussard, Burness
Subject(s)
Rowan College--Students; Salem Community College (Carneys Point, N.J.)--Students; Learning
Disciplines
Higher Education and Teaching
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the learning styles of community college versus four year college General Psychology students and male versus female college students from the combined groups, to ascertain if differences in learning style existed between the groups. The study identified David Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory elements that were important to the males/females and community college/four-year college students.
The sample included 16 General Psychology students from Salem Community College, and 29 General Psychology students from Rowan College. There were 27 female and 18 male students who participated from Salem Community College and Rowan College combined.
All subjects completed David Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory in a classroom setting. The proportion of students preferring each learning style was the unit of analysis. A two-tailed t test was performed and results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the learning styles of community college versus four-year college students, nor between the learning styles of female versus male college students.
Recommended Citation
Booth, Michele M., "A comparison of the learning styles of community college versus four-year college and male versus female college students" (1996). Theses and Dissertations. 2143.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2143
