A Descriptive Study of the Learning Style Profiles of the Engineering Students at the Middle East Technical University (METU)

Tarama türündeki bu çalışmada mühendislik öğrencilerinin öğrenme stilleri ve cinsiyet ve bölümlerine göre öğrenme stillerindeki farklılık incelenmiştir. Mühendislik öğrencilerinin öğrenme stillerini belirlemek için Felder-Soloman tarafından mühendislik öğrencileri için geliştirilen Öğrenme Stilleri Index'i (ÖSI) Türkçe'ye uyarlanmış ve 400 ODTÜ mühendislik öğrencisi üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Öğrencilerin ÖSI'den elde ettikleri 4 öğrenme stilindeki tercihlerinin cinsiyet ve bölüm faktörlerine göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını belirlemek için ki-kare testi uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, mühendislik öğrencilerinin genel olarak aktif, duyusal, görsel, bütünsel öğrenenler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Yansıtıcı, sezgisel, sözel ve ardışık öğrenenlerin sayısının ise daha az olduğu görülmüştür. Ki kare sonuçlan 4 öğrenme stilinde de cinsiyet ve bölüm bakımından mühendislik öğrencileri arasında anlamlı bir fark olmadığını ortaya koymuştur.

Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) Mühendislik Öğrencilerinin Öğrenme Stili Profillerine Yönelik Betimsel Bir Çalışma

This descriptive study identified engineering students' learning styles and the differences in the learning styles according to sex and department. To determine the differences in the learning styles of engineering students, the Turkish version of the Index of Learning Style (ILS) developed by Felder-Solomon for engineering students was used. The form was administered to 400 engineering students at METU. The differences in learning style preferences according to sex and department factors were assessed via Chi-square tests. The results showed that engineering students are active, sensing, visual and global learners rather than reflective, intuitive, verbal and sequential. The Chi-square results did not indicate any significant results in all of the four learning style dimensions in terms of sex and department.

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