Analysis of Engineering Students Learning Styles on Level 7, Level 8 and Level 9 Programmes

Authors

Aidan O'Dwyer, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Education (ISEE 2010), UCC, 1-2 July 2010

Abstract

This contribution reports on research, carried out over three academic years, into the learning styles of engineering students, on a number of Level 7, Level 8 and Level 9 programmes at DIT, using the index of learning styles survey developed by Felder and Soloman (1991). The contribution explores the results obtained in detail, placing them particularly in the national context. The correlation between student performance and individual learning styles is examined. Knowledge of the strongly visual learning style of these cohorts of students may be used to improve the learning environment.

Recommended Citation

O'Dwyer, Aidan: Analysis of Engineering Students Learning Styles on Level 7, Level 8 and Level 9 Programmes. the International Symposium on Engineering Education (ISEE 2010), UCC, 1-2 July 2010,