Preferred Learning Styles in Kindergarten Students by the Viewpoint of their Mothers' and Teachers'

Abstract

One of the most important uses of learning styles is that it makes it easy for teachers and parents to incorporate them into their teaching. There are different learning styles. Three of the most popular in kindergartens grades (KG 1); ones are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic in which students take in information. Some students are visual learners, while others are auditory or kinesthetic learners. While students use all of their senses to take in information, they seem to have preferences in how they learn best. In order to help students learn, teachers and parents need to teach as many of these preferences as possible. This study is investigated of learning styles for Jordan Society, (465) mothers, and (74) females teachers completed (LSI) to determine if their children / students preferred learning styles auditory, visual or kinesthetic. The finding showed that the children's preferred auditory learning style by the viewpoint of his mothers. Therefore, the teachers stated that visual learning style is preferred in kindergartens grades (KG 1) students. The purpose of this study is to increase awareness and understanding of the effect of mother's education, gender, and environment on learning styles. A review of the literature will determine how learning styles affect the teaching process.

Keywords: Learning styles, Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic, Gender, mother's education.