Table 1.
Comparison of learning styles among undergraduate dental students based on demographic information (n=200)
| Variable | Unimodal |
Bimodal | Tri-modal | VARK | Sum | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | A | R | K | ||||||
| No. of students | 2 (1) | 48 (24) | 16 (8) | 31 (15.5) | 45 (22.5) | 27 (13.5) | 31 (15.5) | 200 (100) | |
| Gendera) | 0.95b) | ||||||||
| Male | 1 (1.1) | 19 (21.8) | 8 (9.2) | 15 (17.2) | 21 (24.1) | 10 (11.5) | 13 (14.9) | 87 (43.5) | |
| Female | 1 (0.9) | 29 (25.7) | 8 (7.1) | 16 (14.2) | 24 (21.2) | 17 (15) | 18 (15.9) | 113 (56.5) | |
| Marital statusa) | 0. 43b) | ||||||||
| Single | 2 (1.2) | 40 (23.8) | 12 (7.1) | 27 (16.1) | 36 (21.4) | 26 (15.5) | 25 (14.9) | 168 (84) | |
| Married | 0 | 8 (25) | 4 (12.5) | 4 (12.5) | 9 (28.1) | 1 (3.1) | 6 (18.8) | 32 (16) | |
| Students’grade levela) | 0.79b) | ||||||||
| Pre-clinical (year 2) | 0 | 15 (31.3) | 4 (8.3) | 6 (12.5) | 11 (22.9) | 7 (14.6) | 5 (10.4) | 48 (24) | |
| Clinical (years 4–6) | 2 (1.3) | 33 (21.7) | 12 (7.9) | 25 (16.4) | 34 (22.4) | 20 (13.2) | 26 (17.1) | 152 (76) | |
| Grade point average (mean)a) | 0.15b) | ||||||||
| 12–14.99 | 1 (3.1) | 6 (18.8) | 1 (3.1) | 4 (12.5) | 12 (37.5) | 2 (6.3) | 6 (18.8) | 32 (16) | |
| 15–16.99 | 1 (0.9) | 32 (27.6) | 9 (7.8) | 15 (12.9) | 23 (19.8) | 15 (12.9) | 21 (18.1) | 116 (58) | |
| 17–20 | 0 | 10 (19.2) | 6 (11.5) | 12 (23.1) | 10 (19.2) | 10 (19.2) | 4 (7.7) | 52 (26) | |
Values are presented as number (%).
a)
By Fisher test.
b)
No statistically significant difference was found.
V, visual; A, aural; R, reading/writing; K, kinesthetic; VARK, visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic questionnaire.