The Relationship between the Learning Styles and Mathematics Growth Scores for the seventh Grade Students of Patumwan Demonstration School Srinakharinwirot University
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The purposes of this research were (1) to study the learning styles of the 7th grade students, (2) to investigate the relationship between the learning styles and the levels of mathematics achievement scores, and (3) to analyze the interaction between the learning styles, gender, and mathematics growth scores. The population comprised 348 seventh grade students of Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University in the academic year 2018, obtained by purposive selection technique. The employed research tools were (1) a VARK learning styles questionnaire, developed based on the concept of Fleming (2012); and (2) a mathematics learning achievement test. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including chi-square test and two-way repeated measure ANOVA. The research findings were as follows: (1) the number of seventh grade students of Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University who had the single modal learning style preference was 49.71%; the number of those who had the bi-modal learning style was 38.79%; the number of those who had the tri-modal learning style preference was 9.77%; and the number of those who had all four modal learning styles was 1.72%; (2) there was no relationship between the learning styles and the levels of mathematics achievement scores ( =1.773, p=.389); and (3) there was no interaction between the learning styles, gender, and mathematics growth scores of the 7th grade students (F = .524, p = .675).
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1. กองบรรณาธิการสงวนสิทธิ์ในการพิจารณาและตัดสินการตีพิมพ์บทความในวารสาร
2. บทความทุกเรื่องจะได้รับการตรวจสอบทางวิชาการโดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ แต่ข้อความและเนื้อหาในบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนแต่เพียงผู้เดียว มิใช่ความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของมหาวิทยาลัยศรีปทุม
3. การคัดลอกอ้างอิงต้องดำเนินการตามการปฏิบัติในหมู่นักวิชาการโดยทั่วไป และสอดคล้องกับกฎหมายที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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