Abstract

BAHAMON MUNETON, Marly Johana; VIANCHA PINZON, Mildred Alexandra; ALARCON ALARCON, Linda Liliana  and  BOHORQUEZ OLAYA, Claudia Inés. Learning Styles and strategies related to Academic Achievement among University Students. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.115-129. ISSN 1657-8961.

Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between learning styles, learning strategies and academic achievement in undergraduates of the Universidad de Boyacá, Colombia. Method. 312 undergraduate students of all programs of the Universidad de Boyacá, Tunja headquarters, participated in the study, of whom 62.5% were female and 37.2% male. All of these answered the Cuestionario Honey-Alonso de Estilos de Aprendizaje (Honey-Alonso's Learning Style Questionnaire; Alonso, Gallego, and Honey, 1995), and the Escala de Estrategias de Aprendizaje de Román y Gallego (1994; Román and Gal lego's Learning Strategy Scale). The academic achievement of each participant could be seen by accessing the SIUBEN report card system of the Universidad de Boyacá to determine their cumulative average grade. Results. Data indicated that there is no single preferred learning style, as most of the participants scored high on two or more styles. In terms of learning strategies, the study showed that 42.6% of the participants used coding strategies. No significant correlation was found between the variables analyzed. Conclusion. These results demonstrate the need to impart systematic and explicit teaching of learning strategies and techniques to undergraduate students, as this appears to be the best way to ensure more successful learning. Thus, academic programs should not only focus on imparting the technical content of their discipline; they should also strive to teach students how to acquire this knowledge efficiently.

Keywords : Learning styles; learning strategies; academic achievement; undergraduates.

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