Learning Styles of Term 1 Medical Students in Turkish and English Departments of Medical Faculty

AbstractIt is aimed to determine the learning styles and the influential factors of term 1 students of Turkish and English Departments of medical faculty at Gazi University in 2009-2010 educational semesters. The population of the study comprises 374 students. Questions for demographic features, Grasha Reichman Students Learning Style Scale and academic performance scores were used for gathering data. Independent, collaborative and dependent learning styles scores were higher than other styles in Turkish department students. Independent and collaborative learning styles scores were higher than other styles in English department students. Competitive learning style scores of girls and boys were lower than other styles in both departments. It is determined that there were positive correlation between only Problem Based Learning score with collaborative earning style scores of Turkish department students; negative correlation was between Clinical Skill Education score with dependent learning style scores; and positive correlation between Evidence Based Medicine score with avoidant learning style scores of English department student