Students' preference levels for the four learning modalities were positively correlated, and cluster analysis separated a lower-preference group (135 students) from a higher-preference group (170 students)¶

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q2 i? Significant positive correlations were found among all four learning-preference levels. → Oshra Aloni 2024 q2 i? Elbow-technique clustering identified two preference groups: 135 students with lower preferences on all four modalities and 170 students with higher preferences on all four. → Oshra Aloni 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Oshra Aloni 2024¶

Oshra Aloni, Michal Zion, Ornit Spektor-Levy. (2024). Students' voices—the dynamic interactions between learning preferences, gender, learning disabilities, and achievements in science studies. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09666-8

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Pearson correlation analyses among the four learning-preference levels of the 305 students showed "significant positive correlations were found among all levels of the learning preferences"; Table 1 prints coefficients ranging from r = 0.39 to r = 0.57 (all p < 0.001).

"As Table 1 shows, significant positive correlations were found among all levels of the learning preferences."

Oshra Aloni 2024 (2)¶

Oshra Aloni, Michal Zion, Ornit Spektor-Levy. (2024). Students' voices—the dynamic interactions between learning preferences, gender, learning disabilities, and achievements in science studies. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09666-8

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K-means clustering with the elbow technique (Hartigan & Wong) on the same sample identified two preference groups; the lower-preference cluster had 135 students (e.g., visual M = 2.34) and the higher-preference cluster had 170 students (e.g., visual M = 3.17), strengthening the correlation results.

"The first group consisted of 135 students who exhibited lower preference levels in all four learning modalities (visual: M = 2.34, auditory: M = 2.20, sensorimotor: M = 2.17; and agency support: M = 2.23)."

Discussion¶

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