Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates

Objective The learning styles of millennial students, also known as Generation ‘Y’, have been examined in the past to match the teaching style of an educator with the aim of improving behaviors, attitudes, and academic achievements. However, focus on Generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates from a...

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Main Authors: Daud, Azlina, Nurumal, Mohd. Said, Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah
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spelling iium-756082020-01-06T19:50:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/ Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates Daud, Azlina Nurumal, Mohd. Said Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah RT Nursing Objective The learning styles of millennial students, also known as Generation ‘Y’, have been examined in the past to match the teaching style of an educator with the aim of improving behaviors, attitudes, and academic achievements. However, focus on Generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates from a multi-cultural Asian society, is scarce and fragmented. Therefore, this research aims to identify the learning style preferences of Generation ‘Y’ undergraduates enrolled in varied healthcare programs at a Malaysian University. Method A quantitative cross-sectional study design was adopted. Honey and Mumford's Learning Style Questionnaire was used to explore the learning styles. Results The reflector learning style was most preferred by the Malaysian healthcare undergraduates, and no significant difference was found between the learning styles of the clinical group and the semi-clinical group. Conclusions Educators should engage Malaysian healthcare undergraduates in a non-threatening environment — Association between learning style and sociodemographic warrants further investigation. 2019-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/1/ENFCLI%20Azlina2.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/7/75608_Learning%20styles%20of%20Malaysian%20Generation%20Y_Scopus.pdf Daud, Azlina and Nurumal, Mohd. Said and Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah (2019) Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates. Enfermería Clínica, 29 (2). pp. 471-475. E-ISSN 1130-8621 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.070
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Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
description Objective The learning styles of millennial students, also known as Generation ‘Y’, have been examined in the past to match the teaching style of an educator with the aim of improving behaviors, attitudes, and academic achievements. However, focus on Generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates from a multi-cultural Asian society, is scarce and fragmented. Therefore, this research aims to identify the learning style preferences of Generation ‘Y’ undergraduates enrolled in varied healthcare programs at a Malaysian University. Method A quantitative cross-sectional study design was adopted. Honey and Mumford's Learning Style Questionnaire was used to explore the learning styles. Results The reflector learning style was most preferred by the Malaysian healthcare undergraduates, and no significant difference was found between the learning styles of the clinical group and the semi-clinical group. Conclusions Educators should engage Malaysian healthcare undergraduates in a non-threatening environment — Association between learning style and sociodemographic warrants further investigation.
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author Daud, Azlina
Nurumal, Mohd. Said
Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah
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Nurumal, Mohd. Said
Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah
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title Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
title_short Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
title_full Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
title_fullStr Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed Learning styles of Malaysian generation ‘Y’ healthcare undergraduates
title_sort learning styles of malaysian generation ‘y’ healthcare undergraduates
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/1/ENFCLI%20Azlina2.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75608/7/75608_Learning%20styles%20of%20Malaysian%20Generation%20Y_Scopus.pdf
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