Learning style analysis of engineering and technology freshmen

Abstract:

This paper presents the results obtained from applying the Index of Learning Styles questionnaire to Engineering and Technology initial students, their scores in the National Higher Education Entrance Exam (ENES) and their scores on the leveling course of the 'Escuela Politécnica Nacional' (EPN) University in Ecuador. The purpose is to analyze the current state of the students that are allowed to study at EPN and to measure the impact of their learning styles on their performance. In order to obtain the relationship between the different scores taken into account, linear and nonlinear correlations, analysis distribution and cluster analysis were used.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• freshmen
• ILS
• Engineering
• correlation matrix
• Learning Styles

Fuente:

scopus