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The Impacts of Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic Learning Style on Economic Education Teaching
Rita Syofyan

Last modified: 2018-06-28

Abstract


The purpose of this research is to analysis the impacts of visual, auditory, kinesthetic learning style on economics education teaching. One of the most important uses learning styles is that it makes it easy for teachers to incorporate them into their teaching. There are many various of  learning styles. Three of the most popular are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic, in which students take the information. While students use all of their senses to take the information, they seem to have preferences in how they learn best. In order to help students learn, teachers need to teach as many of these preferences as possible. Teachers can incorporate these learning styles in their curriculum activities so that students are able to succeed in their classes. This study is an analysis of learning styles for economics education students. Total 100 students completed  the questionnaire to determine if their learning styles are auditory, visual or kinesthetic. The finding showed that economics education students preferred was visual learning style. The purpose of this study is to increase faculty awareness and understanding of the effect of learning styles on the teaching process. A review of the literature will determine how learning styles affect the teaching process.

Keywords


Styles, Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic, Economics educationTeaching