Exploring the Link Between Felder-Silverman Learning Style and Stress Coping Ability: An Empirical Study
Keywords:
Learning Styles, Coping Stress, Personal growth, University StudentsAbstract
Researchers stated that students that are conscious about their own learning style could be empowered to identify the techniques of learning when disclosed to different learning environment and this may result to a greater educational improvement in students’ academic performances. Stress among students is quite common in the university due to its abrupt changes from high school. Although some stress is considered necessary for personal growth, the amount of stress overwhelms a student and affects the ability to cope. In this regard, few researchers give an idea of which learning styles may assimilate in coping stress among the students. Therefore, in this paper, a concept on the linkage between learning styles and the coping stress ability is attempted to understand which learning styles might have greater stress coping ability among the university students. The findings of the study suggested that there is a significant relationship and effects of Felder-Silverman learning style (active, reflective, sensing, intuitive, visual, verbal, sequential and global) on stress coping ability. The visual and activist learners have greater effects on stress coping ability among students.
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