Identification of the Problems

experiences or practice is regarded as learning, whether or not the changes is correct or wrong, good, or bad. Moreover, the writer summarize that learning is the acquisition of a new behavior, that occur as the result of relatively permanent changes and the organisms’ experiences or practice. To acquire or get knowledge can be done through some best or preference ways. Every student has preferred ways of learning and approaches that comfortable for students. Their success is not only depending on how well they learn, but depending how the way they learn. Preference or diverse ways of learning, comprehending and knowing is contributed by three types of factors, they are cognitive factors; different ways of perceiving, organizing and retaining information, affective factors: different attitudes, values and emotions, and psychology factor; different psychological development. 4 Thus, it is important for students to know the ways they used to learn. It is related to their interacting with, processing information and acquiring knowledge in learning process and it will affect students learning outcomes.

a. The Definition of Learning Styles

Learning style is the way of students in absorbing and understanding the information or idea which they have got in learning process. In other side, it could be said that learning style is the preference way in learning. According to Kolb, “Learning style is characterized by the degree to which the learner emphasizes abstractness over concreteness in perceiving information and the degree to which he or she emphasizes action over reflection in processing information in a learning situation.” 5 4 Myra Pollack S and David Miller S, Teachers, Schools, and Societies, New York: Mc Graw Hill, 2005, p. 38. 5 David Kolb, in Doris B. Matthews, An Investigation of Learning Styles and Perceived Academic Achievement for High School Students, Taylor and Francis Group, 69, 1996, p. 249.