The Learning Styles of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Bangkok and Surrounding Areas

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to survey the learning styles of the undergraduate Engineering students of 9 institutions in Bangkok and surrounding areas. These institutions are under the Ministry of University Affairs.

Two thousand and sixty—two undergraduate Engineering students were used as samples by means of purposive sampling. Then David KoIb’s learning styles, approved by 7 experts with an index of consistency and test—retest reliability of 0.7 14 and 0.908, respectively, was utilized as a tool to measure 4 types of learning styles. After that, percentage and chi—square test were used to analyse the data obtained.

The results were :

1. The learning styles of undergraduate Engineering students implemented are converger, diverger, accommodator and assimilator อor 37.1%. 23.6%, 20.9% and 18.4% respectively.

2. The relationships between the learning styles and the sex, the institutions, the departments, and the academic year have a statistical significance of 0.001.

Then the learning and teaching process for the undergraduate Engineering students should focus on abstract concept and active experimentation, which are relevant to sex, departments and academic year.