DINAMIKA ILMU - Vol. 17 No. 2 - A Facilitating Effective Teaching through Learning Based on Learning Styles and Ways of Thinking

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The study examines learning styles and ways of thinking as factors enabling effective teaching. The research objective is to determine how students’ learning style and ways of thinking relate to effective teaching. Using a correlational design, data were collected from 82 English education university students via questionnaires and tests. Analysis applied regression and correlation techniques, showing significant association: F count 13.67 > F table 3.32 and correlation coefficient 0.57.

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Literature Review

Learning Styles

DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 17 No. 2, 2017 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 A Facilitating Effective Teaching through Learning Based on Learning Styles and Ways of Thinking Siti Aisyah Ginting State University of Medan, North of Sumatra e-mail: [aisyah_ginting@yahoo.com](aisyah_ginting@yahoo.com) Abstract The study deals with learning styles and ways of thinking in facilitating effective teaching. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between students’ learning style and ways of thinking toward effective teaching. This study was conducted by using correlational design. The population of the study were 360 university students of English education academic year 2015/2016 in State University of Medan. The samples were 82 university students selected by using random sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaires and tests. The analysis used the techniques of regression and correlation. The finding of this study revealed that F count is higher that F table ( F count =13.67 > F table =3.32 ; the correlation coefficient (ry 12) = 0.57) meaning that there is significant correlation between learning styles and ways of thinking. It indicates that learning styles and ways of thinking contribute to effective teaching. Keywords: effective teaching, learning styles, ways of thinking A. Introduction Almost all teachers in Indonesia ignore the students’ ways of thinking and learning style. Whereas both aspects are significant to determine the success of learning. Anastas (2012) states that a mismatch in learning style between teacher and student is common in teaching or learning situation. Teachers tend to prefer the styles that come most easily to them. Meanwhile, the students are challenged to be able to use various learning styles adapt to a variety of contexts and situations they will encounter. To solve this problem, teachers should pay attention to students’ ways of thinking and learning style. Knowing the ways of thinking and learning styles make the teachers easy to determine the appropriate technique to be applied in teaching learning process. Research shows that if teachers can give students instructions relevant to their learning styles, the performances are usually better (Dunn and Price, 1979; O'Brien, 1989; Ehrman and Oxford, 1993) . It evidently indicates that learning styles correlate with the learning strategies. The fact that many teachers use a certain technique to whole classrooms make condition is not condusive for students who have various learning styles. However, it is also complicated if a teacher should apply various teaching techniques in a teaching learning process. Actually a teaching technique can be used if the teachers know the concept of teaching. For instance, technique of demonstration can be applied for teaching students who have visual, auditory and also kinesthetic learning styles. As well learning style, the teacher should know the students’ way of thinking because it also affect the students’ way of absorbing the lesson. As O’Brien (1991) on his study reported that an abstract sequential style was associated with higher degrees of academic success in college. It means that ways of thinking also contribute to effective teaching. Therefore, the teacher should be attentive to both aspects. This study aims at investigating the relationship between students’ learning style and ways of thinking toward effective teaching. B. Literature Review 1. Learning Styles Style is defined as the consistency and consistent preference in one’s self (Brown, 2001) . He asserts that style is intellectual characteristic and the types of personality that distinguishes one's self from others. This style is changing based on the context. If cognition is directly related to the educational context, where the affective and psychological factors are mutually intertwined, it is called with learning style. Learning style is considered as the nature of the cognitive, aff

FAQs

What is the main objective of the study?

To investigate the relationship between students’ learning style and ways of thinking toward effective teaching.

How was the research conducted?

The study used a correlational design. Data were gathered through questionnaires and tests from 82 students selected by random sampling.

What do the results indicate about learning styles and ways of thinking?

The findings show a significant correlation between learning styles and ways of thinking, suggesting both contribute to effective teaching.

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