Abstract
Major focus of this study was on visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning preferences of college
students as given in Dunn and Dunn model (Dunn & Dunn, 1993) and their relationship with
academic achievement of students. The nature of study was quantitative, descriptive and
correlational. All (male and female, science and arts) students enrolled in B.A. /B.Sc. and BS
programs of all public sector colleges of Punjab province constituted the population of study. The
study was delimited to six districts of Punjab province with two districts from each region (North,
Central, & South Punjab). Three-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select the sample of
1200 students. Barsch Learning Preferences Inventory (BLPI) (visual, auditory, & kinesthetic)
developed by Barsch (1996) was used as a research instrument. Product Moment correlation
coefficient was used to find out relationship between each learning preference and academic
achievement. Furthermore, differences among low achieving and high achieving students with
respect to their learning preferences were analyzed by applying z-test. It was concluded that
college students were predominantly visual in their learning preference. High achieving students
were also more visual and kinesthetic. Further, there was also a significant relationship between
auditory learning preference and academic achievement.
Sher Afgan Khan, Manzoor Hussain Arif, Muhammad Imran Yousuf. (2019) A Study of Relationship between Learning Preferences and Academic Achievement, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 41, Issue 1.
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