Learning Styles as Predictors of Self-Efficacy and Interest in Research: Implications for Graduate Research Training
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
The literature on research training in professional psychology has yet to address the role of student learning styles on training outcomes. A mail survey of graduate students (N = 132) in professional areas of psychology from 11 universities assessed four dimensions of learning styles, research interest, and research self-efficacy. Students with more active (vs. reflective) and more intuitive (vs. sensing) learning styles reported greater research self-efficacy, and students with more intuitive (vs. sensing) and more verbal (vs. visual) learning styles reported greater research interest. The authors discuss implications for improving graduate research training by encouraging student self-assessment and by providing instruction using balanced pedagogies.
Recommended Citation
West, Crystal R.; Kahn, Jeffrey H.; and Nauta, Margaret M., "Learning Styles as Predictors of Self-Efficacy and Interest in Research: Implications for Graduate Research Training" (2007). Faculty Publications – Psychology. 44.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fppsych/44
Comments
This article was originally published as West, C. R., Kahn, J. H., & Nauta, M. M. (2007). Learning styles as predictors of self-efficacy and interest in research: Implications for graduate research training. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 1(3), 174–183. https://doi.org/10.1037/1931-3918.1.3.174.