Philippine E-Journals

LEARNING STYLES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS

Danilo F. Rubrico

 

Abstract:

If everyone learns the same way, it would be easy to determine teaching strategies to optimize learning. However, this is not the case, for each individual is a unique learner. Some learners are identified to be inclined toward specific techniques/strategies referred as learning styles. This study determined the learning styles and the academic achievement of the Criminology students as a whole group and when classified as to their curriculum year level. To carry out this study, the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire of Felder and Soloman (2014) was utilized to assess the learning styles of the students in four dimensions. The data were collected from 166 sampled Criminology students at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, Ajuy Campus for the first semester of Academic Year 2016-2017 through a stratified random sampling. The results demonstrated that majority of the students, either as a whole group or when classified as to their curriculum year level, are fairly well-balanced in all four dimensions presented in the ILS questionnaire. As to their academic achievement, students showed good performance in general except for senior students who exhibited fair academic performance when curriculum year level was taken into consideration.