Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to investigating the relationship between learning styles of school students and their academic achievement based on their majors (major course of study in high school). The target population was school students of Coimbatore city including 300 students. By means of multi stage randomly sampling method, 300 individuals were selected as sample of research. By descriptive - survey research method and a questionnaire required data were collected. According to the results sensingintuitive learning styles shows significant correlations with academic achievement of students whose major was mathematics science. Academic achievement of students whose major was speculative science shows significant correlation with active-reflective learning styles. In students with empirical science, academic achievement shows significant correlation with both input dimension (visual-verbal) and understand dimension (sequential-global) of learning. Mrs. Ananthi | Dr. Eagavalli"A Study on Preference of Learning Style in Relation to Academic Achievement in Commerce Among Higher Secondary School Students" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15689.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/15689/a-study-on-preference-of-learning-style-in-relation-to-academic-achievement-in-commerce-among-higher-secondary-school-students/mrs-ananthi

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