أساليب التعلم المفضلة لدى طالبات قسم رياض الأطفال بجامعة الجوف و علاقتها بالكفاءة الذاتية و المعدل التراكمي

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Aims: This study was designed to investigate the relationship between learning style preference, self- efficacy and cumulative grade point average (GPA) of kindergarten female students at AI-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia.

In this respect, Methods: The descriptive approach was utilized to achieve the aim of the current study.

Sample: The sample of the study consisted of 260 kindergarten female students in the following levels (fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth).

Instruments: The instruments of the study were as the following: Kolb& McCarthy (2005) Learning Styles Inventory (LSI) and Self- efficacy Questionnaire.

Results: The results of the study showed that the accommodator style was the first preferred style for the participants by 33.5%.

The second style was the Converger style with 22.7%.

The third one was the diverger style with 16 5% and finally the assimilator style with 10.8%.

In addition, the results revealed statistical correlation between learning styles, self- efficacy and cumulative grade point average.

Eventually, based on the findings a set of recommendations and suggestions for Further Studies Were Presented.