IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIP INVOLVING LEARNING STYLES AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AMONG VOCATIONAL STUDENTS

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  • Mimi Mohaffyza Mohamad
  • Yee Mei Heong
  • Muhammad Rashid Rajuddin
  • Tee Tze Keong

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Felder-Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles, Vocational Education and Creative thinking

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between students’ learning styles and problem solving skills among students in Building Construction Course at Vocational School. This study also investigated the differences between the students’ type of learning styles and their ability to solve the problem using their creative thinking. A survey was carried out on 68 vocational students in Building Construction Course from two Vocational Schools. Felder-Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles (ILS) and elements of creative thinking in problem solving for Vocational Education were the tools used in this study. Creative thinking in problem solving elements was categorized from the subject specification used in Building Construction curriculum. In brief, the ILS have five dimension; Processing, Perception, Input, Understanding and Perception. The results show that the Input style dominates the learning styles of Building Construction’s students in Vocational School and manipulating idea is the dominant creative thinking elements to solve the problem which students preferred. In conclusion, type of students’ learning styles will influence how they can cater their learning to improve their academic achievement and how they can use their creativity to solve the problem in actual situation in Building Construction work. However, learning styles are not main indicator to predict how students excellent are.

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Author Biographies

Mimi Mohaffyza Mohamad

Faculty of Technical Education
University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Yee Mei Heong

Faculty of Technical Education
University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Muhammad Rashid Rajuddin

Faculty of Education
University Technology Malaysia

Tee Tze Keong

Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education
University Pendidikan Sultan Idris

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Mohamad, M. M., Heong, Y. M., Rajuddin, M. R., & Keong, T. T. (2011). IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIP INVOLVING LEARNING STYLES AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AMONG VOCATIONAL STUDENTS. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 3(1). Retrieved from https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JTET/article/view/258

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