ERIC Number: EJ847088
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-0935
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Understanding Business Majors' Learning Styles
Giordano, James; Rochford, Regina A.
Community College Enterprise, v11 n2 p21-39 Fall 2005
Recently, business education programs have experienced a decline in enrollment and an increase in attrition. To understand these issues and recommend solutions, the learning styles of 503 first-year business majors at an urban community college were examined. The results demonstrated that: (a) 94% of the participants were analytic learners; (b) age correlated positively with grade point average; c) significant gender differences were exhibited for the elements of visual/text, temperature, evening preference, and conformity; and (d) significant geographic origin differences emerged for the learning-style elements of visual/picture, verbal/kinesthetic, tactual/kinesthetic, analytic/global, structure, sound, small group, and late morning/early afternoon. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Cognitive Style, Grade Point Average, Gender Differences, Business Administration Education, Two Year College Students, Enrollment Trends, Student Attrition, Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Age Differences, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement
Schoolcraft College. Community College Enterprise, 19600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152. Fax: 734-462-4679; e-mail: cce@schoolcraft.edu; Web site: http://www.schoolcraft.edu/ccE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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