Dimensions of Learning Styles among Engineering Students

Abstract

Current study is conducted to examine the types of learning styles among engineering students. Felder Silverman learning style model (FSLSM) was used to measure the types of learning styles represent engineering students. FSLSM contains four dimensions that intended to identify learning preferences of students with respect to process information, perceive information, input information and understand information. Each dimension consisted of two sub-dimensions such as in processing dimension learner can be either active learner or reflective learner, this pattern follows in all four dimensions, perceive dimension distinguishes sensing or intuitive learner, input dimension distinguishes visual learners or verbal learners, understand distinguishes sequential or global learners. This study applied survey research method. Index of learning styles (ILS) was used as a tool to collect data. A total of 315 engineering students participated from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Finding revealed that engineering students are tending to be visual learners.