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Do you think your match is made in heaven? Teaching styles/learning styles match and mismatch revisited

Year: 2010

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of teaching and learning style preferences and their match or mismatch on learners’ achievement. The sample consisted of 310 English Major Students and four lecturers from the Foreign Languages Faculty of Azad University, Iran. The Index of Learning Styles was used together with observations and interviews to collect data. The results of the study revealed that matching teaching and learning styles in EFL classes can help improve students’ achievement.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.023

Authors: Zahra Naimie, Saedah Siraj, Chua Yang Piaw, Reihaneh Shagholi, Rana Ahmed Abuzaid

Institutions: University of Malaya, National University of Singapore

Language: English

Topic: Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2065245484

FWCI: 10.5

Cites: 13

Cited by: 35

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