The relationship between students' learning styles and teachers' teaching styles to students' achievement

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Ma. Rosa S. Caraballe

Keywords

Students' Learning Style, Teachers' Teaching Style, Students' Achievement, Preferred Learning Styles, Preferred Teaching Styles

Abstract

This descriptive study utilizing a One-Shot Survey Questionnaire Method was conducted to determine the relationship between students' learning styles and teachers' teaching styles to students' achievement. The study revealed that the preferred learning style of students is Auditory while the teachers preferred the Facilitator Model Type of teaching. It was also found out that the achievement level of the student respondents for the second and third quarters of the academic year is good. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the learning styles of students and the teaching styles of teachers. Lastly, the result revealed that there was no significant relationship between the learning styles of students and their academic achievement while there was a significant relationship in the teaching styles of teachers to students' achievement.
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