Hubungan antara gaya pembelajaran dengan motivasi serta pencapaian akademik dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah

• Main Author: Azizan, Abd Wahab
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: https://etd.uum.edu.my/4813/1/s800437.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/4813/7/s800437_abstract.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/4813/

The study examines relationship between students' learning style with motivation. A total of 240 students form 4 at secondary school in Kota Setar District involved in the study. The respondents comprised of 120 male and 120 female students. Descriptive statistics used in the study involved percentage, mean and standard deviation. Inference statistics involving pearson correlation analysis, was used to indicate variable relationship between student learning style and motivation. The study employed a set of questionnaire measuring students' learning styles using four point likert scales and students' motivation using four point scales. The three categories of learning styles by VAK model are visual, auditory and kinesthetic. The two aspects of students7 motivation are intrinsic and extrinsic. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for' the instrument is 0.82. The result showed that the students' learning styles were mainly of auditory category, second was kinesthetic category and third was visual category. Results from the correlation test indicated positive but weak. There is a significant correlation between students' learning style with motivation.