Learning style preferences of occupational therapy students
Llorens, L.A.; Adams, S.P.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association 32(3): 161-164
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-9490 PMID: 636969 Document Number: 135676
Fifty-five undergraduate and 22 graduate students in occupational therapy were surveyed by using the Canfield-Lafferty Learning Styles Inventory. The results of the study indicate that their learning style preferences favor the learning conditions that permit knowing and liking the instructor personally, setting one's own objectives, and working alone and independently. The highest content and mode preferences for learning were working with people and engaging in direct experience, respectively. The lowest content and mode preferences were for working with numbers and for reading. Achievement expectations for grades were A and B. The findings are discussed.