The Study of Relationship between Learning Styles and Time Management among Graduate Students

Abstract

This article is aimed at investigating the relationship between learning styles and time management among graduate students in Bahonar University of Kerman. This research is conducted through a descriptive and correlational method. The statistical population consists of all the graduate students studying at Bahonar University during the second semester of 2013-2014 in Kerman; among whom 110 were selected using cluster sampling procedure. The instruments used in this study were the Kolb's learning style questionnaire (converging, diverging, assimilating, adaptive) and Britton & Tesser time management questionnaire (long-term and short-term planning and time attitudes) whose reliability and validity are then confirmed. In order to analyze the data, multivariate variance analysis and Levin test were used. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between time management and learning styles of students. In addition, no significant relationship between their learning style and time management in terms of demographic variables (their disciplines of study, age and gender) was found. The extent of time management was in better condition among students of mathematics than students of industries.

Keywords: Learning style, Time management, Higher Education, Student.