%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Learning Style Preferences on Pre-Service Teachers' Performance in General Chemistry Laboratory Course
%A Evrim Ural AL£¿AN
%J Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
%D 2009
%I Necatibey Faculty of Education
%X In the present study, the effect of learning style preferences on freshmen physics, chemistry and biology pre service teachers¡¯ performances in general chemistry laboratory course was investigated. Grasha-Riechman Learning Style Inventory was administered to the pre-service teachers to determine their learning styles. Pre service teachers¡¯ performances were determined by evaluating their experiment reports, midterm exams and final exam. One-Way ANOVA was conducted to determine whether pre-service teachers¡¯ performances differ according to their learning styles in general chemistry laboratory course. The findings displayed that pre-service teachers¡¯ learning styles affected their performances in general chemistry laboratory course. In this study, it was found that pre-service teachers who had ¡°avoidant¡± learning style preference exhibited the lowest performances, while those who had ¡°independent¡± and ¡°independent/competitive¡± learning style preferences showed the highest performances.
%K Learning styles
%K pre service teachers
%K general chemistry laboratory
%K performance
%U http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/6/EFMED_KME108.pdf