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 Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2024), Pages: 35-40

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 Original Research Paper

Visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic: Which learning style predicts academic success in nursing?

 Author(s): 

 Abdullah Alrashdi 1, Muna Alshammari 2, Thamer Alduraywish 3, Faisal Alenazi 4, Jalal Alharbi 3, Alanoud Alobaidly 5, Mukhlid Alshammari 3, Omar Qaladi 6, *

 Affiliation(s):

 1Nursing Affairs, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Prince Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 2College of Nursing, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Adailiyah, Kuwait
 3College of Applied Medical Science, Nursing Department, University of Hafr Albatin, Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
 4Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 5College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
 6Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8681-1562

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.02.005

 Abstract

This study focuses on how different ways of learning affect the school success of undergraduate nursing students in Saudi Arabia, especially when they had to switch to online classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It uses the VARK model, which identifies various learning preferences, to explore this topic. We wanted to find out what the main learning styles among these students are and how these styles relate to their grades, particularly in an online learning setting. Using a survey called the VARK questionnaire, we gathered information about the learning styles of 133 nursing students. We also collected their grades and used statistical methods to see if there's a link between the way they prefer to learn and their academic results. We found that most of the students (64.7%) liked using multiple ways of learning at once, with listening and doing activities being their top choices. However, those who preferred learning by doing or seeing struggled more with their grades when classes moved online. Online classes seem to work well for some students but not for others, depending on their preferred way of learning. This information is important for teachers so they can create lesson plans that work for all students, especially if schools have to switch to online learning unexpectedly.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Learning styles, Academic performance, Virtual learning, VARK model, Undergraduate nursing students

 Article history

 Received 15 September 2023, Received in revised form 14 January 2024, Accepted 18 January 2024

 Acknowledgment 

The authors are thankful to the Deanship of Scientific Research, College of Nursing Research Center at King Saud University for funding this research.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

This research was approved by the PSMMC Scientific Research Center and Institutional Review Board (IRB) in Saudi Arabia (Approval No. HP-01-R079).

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alrashdi A, Alshammari M, Alduraywish T, Alenazi F, Alharbi J, Alobaidly A, Alshammari M, and Qaladi O (2024). Visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic: Which learning style predicts academic success in nursing? International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(2): 35-40

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