Date Approved

10-2-2017

Embargo Period

10-2-2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

MA Higher Education

Department

Educational Services and Leadership

College

College of Education

Advisor

Sisco, Burton R.

Committee Member 1

Walpole, MaryBeth

Keywords

Learning Connections Inventory, Learning Styles, Tutoring, VARK

Subject(s)

Tutors and tutoring; College students

Disciplines

Higher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the learning styles of peer tutors employed by the Tutoring Services department on the Glassboro campus of Rowan University during the spring 2017 semester. The study collected responses to two learning style instruments: the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI) Adult Education Form © and the VARK © instrument. Of particular interest was what were the most common learning styles among the tutors and was there a relationship between the reported styles and, length of time as a tutor, academic major, and class rank?

Although there is a plethora of research describing the relationship between tutoring and the student being tutored (i.e. the tutee), there is a gap in the literature pertaining to the relationship between tutoring and the tutor. Further, the literature regarding the relationships between being a tutor and tutoring does not adequately explore potential interactions between learning styles and being employed as peer tutor. The LCI © and VARK © instruments were administered to 45 peer tutors who were employed by the Tutoring Services Department of Rowan University during the spring 2017 academic semester. This study found that there were no relationships between the reported learning styles and, length of time as a tutor, academic major, and class rank.

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