Changing Contours of Preferred Learning Styles and Academic Achievement in Relation to Gender ##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main## Abstract The present study is an attempt to comprehend the effect of gender on preferred learning style and academic achievement of learners. The study also tried to uncover whether there exists any relationship between preferred learning styles and academic achievement of learners. To study the stated purpose, 105 students including male and female learners from undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programmes were taken as the sample. The results of the study revealed the existence of significant difference in preferred learning styles and the academic achievement of male and female learners. Moreover, co-relationship between preferred learning styles and academic achievement of male learners and female learners varied. Therefore, the present study can help the stakeholders of education such as educators and learners to seek for a suitable learning style to enhance the level of performance of learners in diverse aspects References Abidin, M. J. Z., Rezaee, A. A., Abdullah, H. N., & Singh, K. K. B. (2011). Learning styles and overall academic achievement in a specific educational system. International journal of humanities and social science, 1(10), 143-152. 2. ALQahtani, D. A., & AlGahtani, S. M. (2014). Assessing learning styles of Saudi dental students using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory. Journal of dental education, 78(6), 927-933. 3. Brew, C. R. (2002). Kolb's learning style instrument: Sensitive to gender. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 62(2), 373-390. 4. Choudhary, R., Dullo, P., &Tandon, R. V. (2011). Gender differences in learning style preferences of first year medical students. Pak J Physiol, 7(2), 42-45Cimermanová, I. (2018). The Effect of Learning Styles on Academic Achievement in Different Forms of Teaching. International Journal of Instruction, 11(3), 219-232. 6. Hamidon, N. (2015). Study of students learning style according to gender factor. Journal of culture, society and development, vol. 8 ISSN 2422-8400. 7. Helena , H. &Krister , S.(2008). Is the gender gap in school performance affected by the sex of the teacher.Labour Economics, Elsevier.vol. 15(1), pages 37-53. 8. JilardiDamavandi, A., Mahyuddin, R., Elias, H., Daud, S. M., &Shabani, J. (2011). Academic achievement of students with different learning styles. International journal of psychological studies, 3(2), 186-192. 9. Kozlova, K. (2018). Kolb's Learning Styles: Preferences among Male and Female Students of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Human and Social Studies, 7(1), 88-95. 10. Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119. 11. Severiens, S. E., & Ten Dam, G. T. (1994). Gender differences in learning styles: A narrative review and quantitative meta-analysis. Higher education, 27(4), 487-501. 12. Wehrwein, E. A., Lujan, H. L., &DiCarlo, S. E. (2007). Gender differences in learning style preferences among undergraduate physiology students. Advances in physiology education. Download Article Download PDF Submission Details Published: 2023-12-31 Issue: Volume - 9 (2023) Section: Article Authors Ishita Chugh Author Biography Ph.D. Scholar, Department of EducationalStudies, Faculty of Education, Jamia MilliaIslamia, New Delhi Anil Kumar Author Biography Ph.D. Scholar, Department of EducationalStudies, Faculty of Education, Jamia MilliaIslamia, New Delhi Keywords Preferred learning style, Academic achievement, Gender.
