Identification of the Problem
According to Dunn and Dunn in Dunn Grigs, learning style is the first way of students to focus on, process, absorb, and remember new or difficult information in
that in derived from biological and developmental characteristics.
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Meanwhile, Hilliard defined the characteristic ways in which some people acquire, perceives, and processes information is defined learning style.
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In other words,
it shows someone’s characteristic in learning or processing the knowledge. Meanwhile, Alan summarized on his book about learning style as follows
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A particular way in which an individual learns;
A mode of learning individual’s preferred or best manners in which to think, process information and demonstrate learning;
An individual’s means of acquiring knowledge or skills;
Habit, strategies, or regular mental behaviors concerning learning, particularly
deliberate educational learning that an individual displays. Hence, learning style is a preferred way of learning and studying; for example
using picture is better than text, working group better than alone, and so on. In short, learning style is the way of a person prefers to learn. She or he will
enjoy and feel comfortable in absorbing the information with her or his own way. Learning style, different to approaches to learning, is a term used to describe the
attitudes and behaviors, which determine an individuals preferred way of learning. Although the students have the combination of learning styles, they usually have a
dominant learning style or their own preference style.
Degree of Master of Science Communication Department of Science NUS, Singapore, 2011. p. 7, unpublished.
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Rita Dunn, “Capitalizing on College Students’ Learning Style: Theory, Practice and Research”. In Rita Dunn Shirley A. Griggs ed., Practical Approaches to Use Learning Style in
Higher Education, Westport: Bergin Garvey, 2000, p. 8.
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Hilliard in Zainal Abidin Naning and Rita Hayati, The Correlation between Learning Style and Listening Achievement of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University,
Jurnal Holistics, 2011, p. 2.
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Alan Pritchard, op. cit., p. 41.