A STUDY OF LEARNING STYLES OF B.ED. TRAINEES OF INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU)

Authors

  • P.K Sahoo Professor, Department of Education, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP, INDIA
  • Subhash Chandra Research Scholar (JRF), Department of Education, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P., INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2013/v3/i1/1560

Keywords:

Learning Styles, B.Ed. Trainees, IGNOU

Abstract

The present study attempts to study the learning styles of Open-Distance mode (ODL) B.Ed. students of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the relationship between different learning styles and response patterns of B.Ed. students of IGNOU. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. Grasha-Reichmann Learning Style Scale (1996) was used to determine the Learning Style of learners. Sample includes 150 final year B.Ed. trainees of IGNOU enrolled in UP. Chi Square testwas used for testing the hypothesis of the study. The results of the study report that a large majority of students of ODL mode were found to be adopting Collaborative, Participant, Dependent, and Competitive learning styles. The response patterns of B.Ed. trainees and learning styles were found associated with each other. Students having Independent learning style were found to be significantly larger in numbers than those having dependent style while the numbers of students with Participant learning style were found to be significantly larger than those having avoidant style among distance mode B.Ed. trainees. The number of students having a Collaborative style were found to be approximately same as students with Competitive learning style.

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2013-05-10

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P.K Sahoo, & Subhash Chandra. (2013). A STUDY OF LEARNING STYLES OF B.ED. TRAINEES OF INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU). MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 3(1), 33–45. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2013/v3/i1/1560

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Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2013

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