Abstract:

The research aims at investigating the learning styles adopted by higher studies students in Basic Education College, and knowing if there is a relationship between student learning style and their field of study. The sample of the research consists of (63) higher studies students (all the students in preparation year 2012-2013) in the following fields (Departments): History, English language, Arabic language, Sports, Teaching Methods, Educational psychology. Descriptive approach is used in this study. By adopting Felder – Silverman Learning and Teaching Styles Model (1988), the researcher used questionnaire as a tool to collect data from the sample, Solomon - Felder index of learning style (1991) is applied after summarized into 20 items, each 5 items represent 4 main learning styles (processing: active – reflective , perception: sensing – intuitive , input: visual- verbal , understanding : sequential – global). The results revealed that the common learning styles were located in the cycle of the following learning style respectively: Active, Sensing, Sequential, and Verbal. There was no further impact of the fields of specialization on learning styles.

Keywords:

Learning style, higher studies, Felder- Silverman model, basic education college.