The Effects of Individual Experience on Learning Style: An Investigation on Adolescents

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.192How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Experience; Learning; VAK learning style; Individual differences

Abstract

Much research was done on the role of experience in shaping cognitive abilities, especially learning. However, it is unclear whether if experience also determines our method of learning, which is considered as ‘learning style’. Therefore, in this study, an experiment was conducted on 33 adolescents (20 females) to test their extent of visual/auditory/kinesthetic (abbreviated as V/A/K) learning style preference. The relationship between learning style and their level of V/A/K experience collected from questionnaires was analysed. The results showed that there was no significant correlation between the two variables, indicating that despite experience can shape our learning abilities, it does not necessarily influence our learning style. What impacts learning style preference and how can we alter it remains unclear. Further investigation is needed to monitor individuals’ long-term changes and explore the neural mechanisms of learning.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Meishan Zhou
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - The Effects of Individual Experience on Learning Style: An Investigation on Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1117
EP  - 1122
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.192
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.192
ID  - Zhou2021
ER  -