International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME)
IJEME Vol. 2, No. 2, 29 Feb. 2012
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Learning Preferences to Physiology of Undergraduate Students in a Chinese Medical School
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Author(s)
Yuemin Ding
1
Jianxiang Liu
1
Hong Ruan
1
Xiong Zhang
2
Index Terms
Learning modes, medical education, physiology
Abstract
Students learning may be classified according to the sensory modalities using VARK instrument, which categorizes learning modes as visual (V), auditory (A), reading-writing (R), or kinesthetic (K). We administered the VARK questionnaire to our second-year medical students, and 98 of 133 students (74%) returned the completed questionnaire. Only 14.3% of the students preferred a single mode of information presentation. In contrast, most students (85.7%) preferred multiple modes of information presentation. Knowing the students preferred modes and using web-based learning system may help the instructors to tailor to the student's individual preference in the teaching of medical science.
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Yuemin Ding,Jianxiang Liu,Hong Ruan,Xiong Zhang,"Learning Preferences to Physiology of Undergraduate Students in a Chinese Medical School", IJEME, vol.2, no.2, pp.1-5, 2012. DOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2012.02.01
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