The relationship between students’ learning styles and academic performance in accounting / Wan Mardyatul Miza Wan Tahir

Wan Tahir, Wan Mardyatul Miza (2020) The relationship between students’ learning styles and academic performance in accounting / Wan Mardyatul Miza Wan Tahir. Academic Journal of Business and Social Sciences (AJoBSS), 4 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2590-440X

Abstract

A learning style is the distinctive method of an individual to process and comprehend new information and skills. Whereas learning a course like in the case of learning an accounting course for non-accounting students is always considered challenging as it requires students to understand the theory and application of accounting principles. As such, this paper investigates the relationship between students’ learning style; adopted by non-accounting students in learning an accounting course; and the impact it has on their academic performance. The results show that there is a relationship between students’ learning style and their academic performance statistically. Students who adopted pragmatist and theorist learning styles indicated a higher level of success in academic performance as compared to reflector and activist learning styles. This paper is expected to contribute to the literature of students’ performance in an accounting course and learning styles adopted by the students majoring in other programmes using the Honey and Mumford learning style model.

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Wan Tahir, Wan Mardyatul Miza
mardyatul@uitm.edu.my
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Banking > Accounting. Bookkeeping
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Learning. Learning strategies
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Performance. Competence. Academic achievement
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Educational tests and measurements
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Alor Gajah Campus
Journal or Publication Title: Academic Journal of Business and Social Sciences (AJoBSS)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Academic Journal of Business and Social Sciences (AJoBSS)
ISSN: 2590-440X
Volume: 4
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 1-8
Keywords: Accounting; Learning style; Academic performance
Date: 2020
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42552
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