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Abstract
This study asked the question: Is the gain in student achievement, in a classroom using the learning cycle teaching strategy, together with Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, different among eighth grade science students in the four cognitive learning modes identified by Kolb?
The population for this study consisted of eighth grade students at Price Laboratory School on the Campus of the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The study was a one-group pretest-posttest design in which gain in achievement was compared to learning style. Two student groups participated in a four week unit on the structure and function of the eye. The unit was taught using the learning cycle teaching strategy. Student learning styles were measured and classified according to Kolb's Learning Style Inventory.
Student learning styles were assessed at the beginning of the study using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory. A pretest covering the structures and function of the eye was then administered to obtain baseline data for the study. Following a four week unit utilizing the learning cycle teaching strategy, the students were given a postest comparable to the pretest in content and design. Forty-nine students completed all requirements for evaluation including Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, the unit pretest, and the unit posttest. Four student's learning style inventories were completed incorrectly and were unusable.
Results of the study indicate that student in each learning style make similar gains in achievement when taught using the learning cycle teaching strategy.
Year of Submission
1999
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Science Education Program
First Advisor
Jody Stone
Date Original
3-1999
Object Description
1 PDF (vi, 94 pages)
Copyright
©1999 Linda Kay Graber
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Graber, Linda Kay, "The Relationship Between Learning Style and Academic Achievement in a Classroom Utilizing the Learning Cycle Teaching Strategy" (1999). Graduate Research Papers. 4544.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4544
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