Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia

Background: Student’s learning style preference is an important consideration for effective and high quality teaching and learning process. Different teaching approaches may not suit students’ preferences, hence, producing a gap between learning and delivery instructions. The aim of this study was...

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Main Authors:	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem, Ahmad, Akram, Khan, Muhammad Umair, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed
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Language:	English
Published:	Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) 2015
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-435152017-08-03T04:06:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43515/ Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background: Student’s learning style preference is an important consideration for effective and high quality teaching and learning process. Different teaching approaches may not suit students’ preferences, hence, producing a gap between learning and delivery instructions. The aim of this study was to assess the learning style preferences among the first year pharmacy students of public sector university of Malaysia. Methods: A prospective cross sectional study was conducted during non-lecture hour using validated VAK (visual, aural, and kinaesthetic) questionnaire. After a brief description about the study, the questionnaire was distributed to investigate student’s learning mode preferences. Results: A total of 118 responses were received, giving a response rate of 100%. Unimodal learning style was preferred by majority of the students (94.07%). Specifically, visual approach of learning was commonly reported by the participants (53.4%), followed by kinaesthetic mode (22.88%) and auditory mode (17.8%) respectively. Bimodal and tri-modal learning approach was preferred by 5.08% and 0.85% patients respectively. Gender, residency, number of siblings and parent’s income did not influence learning preferences of pharmacy students indicating no significance association between the factors and learning styles of the students. Conclusion: The study concluded that teaching styles should be adapted to accommodate the preferences of learning styles among pharmacy students to improve the quality of the teaching and learning experiences of pharmacy students. Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) 2015-05-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43515/1/10.5530.ijper.49.4.4.pdf Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem and Ahmad, Akram and Khan, Muhammad Umair and Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz and Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed (2015) Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 49 (4). pp. 266-271. ISSN 0019-5464 http://www.ijper.org/article/375 10.5530/ijper.49.4.4
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
description	Background: Student’s learning style preference is an important consideration for effective and high quality teaching and learning process. Different teaching approaches may not suit students’ preferences, hence, producing a gap between learning and delivery instructions. The aim of this study was to assess the learning style preferences among the first year pharmacy students of public sector university of Malaysia. Methods: A prospective cross sectional study was conducted during non-lecture hour using validated VAK (visual, aural, and kinaesthetic) questionnaire. After a brief description about the study, the questionnaire was distributed to investigate student’s learning mode preferences. Results: A total of 118 responses were received, giving a response rate of 100%. Unimodal learning style was preferred by majority of the students (94.07%). Specifically, visual approach of learning was commonly reported by the participants (53.4%), followed by kinaesthetic mode (22.88%) and auditory mode (17.8%) respectively. Bimodal and tri-modal learning approach was preferred by 5.08% and 0.85% patients respectively. Gender, residency, number of siblings and parent’s income did not influence learning preferences of pharmacy students indicating no significance association between the factors and learning styles of the students. Conclusion: The study concluded that teaching styles should be adapted to accommodate the preferences of learning styles among pharmacy students to improve the quality of the teaching and learning experiences of pharmacy students.
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author	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed
author_facet	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Kareem Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Alkoudmani, Ramez Mohmed
author_sort	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
title	Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
title_short	Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
title_full	Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
title_fullStr	Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia
title_sort	assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of malaysia
publisher	Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI)
publishDate	2015
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Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: findings from public university of Malaysia

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