Learning Styles of Undergraduate Civil Engineering Students and the Relationship with Construction Management Success
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 142, Issue 1
Abstract
Learning ability is one of the most distinctive characteristics that make humans social creatures. Numerous research has found that individuals learn in different ways, so every student has a different, individual learning style. The more instructors understand the learning differences of their students, the better their chances of success in civil engineering education. Therefore, determining the learning styles of civil engineering students is an important factor in their academic success. The research reported in this paper aims to explore the learning styles of civil engineering students in Turkey, and correlate their learning styles with success in construction management courses, gender, age, type of university, and year of engineering study. Data were collected using the Kolb Learning Style Inventory II, from civil engineering students in undergraduate programs at four different universities. The questionnaire was administered to students by direct contact, and 227 items of data were collected. At the end of the research reported in this paper, it was revealed that there is a correlation between learning styles and management success, age, year of civil engineering education, and type of university, but not gender.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 142 • Issue 1 • January 2016
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© 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Aug 11, 2014
Accepted: Feb 19, 2015
Published online: May 18, 2015
Discussion open until: Oct 18, 2015
Published in print: Jan 1, 2016
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