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标题：The Relationship Between the VARK Learning Styles and Academic Achievement in Dental Students
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作者：Hamid Reza Mozaffari ; Maryam Janatolmakan ; Roohollah Sharifi 等
期刊名称：Advances in Medical Education and Practice
电子版ISSN：1179-7258
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
页码：15-19
DOI：10.2147/AMEP.S235002
出版社：Dove Medical Press Ltd
摘要：Background: Learning style is a factor influencing academic achievement. There are contradictory results in studies on the relationship between learning styles and academic achievement. The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between learning styles and academic achievement in dental students. Methods: In the current descriptive-analytical study, 184 dental students were selected by simple random sampling. The VARK questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The grade point average (GPA) of previous semester was used as an indicator of academic achievement, and accordingly, students were divided into two groups of strong (GPA ≥15) and weak (GPA ≤14.99). Results: The most common learning styles in strong students were unimodal (n = 55, 42%) and bimodal (n = 41, 31.3%), while they were unimodal (n = 28, 47.2%) and bimodal (n = 24, 45.3%) in the weak students. There was no significant relationship between learning styles and academic achievement in the two groups of strong and weak students. Conclusion: No significant relationship was found between learning style and academic achievement. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended.
关键词：academic performance; dental; learning; model; students