An Investigation of the Learning Styles of South Korean Business Students

An Investigation of the Learning Styles of South Korean Business Students

The Index of Learning Styles (ILS) instrumentbased on the Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model wasused to determine distribution of learning styles of 125South Korean business students enrolled in a South Koreaninstitution of higher education. Results show that greaterproportion of South Korean business students surveyed inthis study prefer sensing over intuitive, visual over verbal,reflective over active, and global over sequential learningstyles. The majority of business students have a balancedlearning style in all four dimensions of theFelder-Silverman model. Among the students that do nothave a balanced learning style, students with sensing, visual,reflective, and global learning styles dominate. Genderdifference in learning style preference was not statisticallysignificant for any of the four dimensions.

The Index of Learning Styles (ILS) instrumentbased on the Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model wasused to determine distribution of learning styles of 125South Korean business students enrolled in a South Koreaninstitution of higher education. Results show that greaterproportion of South Korean business students surveyed inthis study prefer sensing over intuitive, visual over verbal,reflective over active, and global over sequential learningstyles. The majority of business students have a balancedlearning style in all four dimensions of theFelder-Silverman model. Among the students that do nothave a balanced learning style, students with sensing, visual,reflective, and global learning styles dominate. Genderdifference in learning style preference was not statisticallysignificant for any of the four dimensions.