Computer mediated communication: A motivational strategy toward diverse learning style
This study define learning style as the way in which each learner begins to concentrate, process, and retain new and difficult information. It uses the Kolb’s Learning-Style Inventory (LSI) (1985), to assess the learning style of 241 students from two urban secondary schools in Malaysia. The find...
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| Language: | English |
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penerbit ukm
2006
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/162/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/162/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/162/1/1.pdf |
| Summary: | This study define learning style as the way in which each learner begins to
concentrate, process, and retain new and difficult information. It uses the
Kolb’s Learning-Style Inventory (LSI) (1985), to assess the learning style of
241 students from two urban secondary schools in Malaysia. The finding of
this study shows that secondary school children in Malaysia tend to use reflective
observation in their learning mode orientation. This means that they are
reflective information processors and they understand new situations through
concrete perceptions. Teaching and learning in Malaysian secondary schools
tend to be traditional and teacher centered. Students are not expected to be
active information-seekers. Instead, they are presented with materials and
given very limited space to deviate, what more to challenge the teachers and
other people of authority. The learner with this orientation does a lot of
watching and reflecting. Consequently, the learning styles of these students
are of Diverges. Hence, the study suggested that computer mediated |
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