Learning Style Variations Between Rural and Urban Students”, "Research in Rural Education",

This research characterized the preferred learning styles of a sample of secondary school students, and compared variations in learning styles between students in rural and urban school settings. The learning style characteristics examined include: (I) serious, analytical learner, (2) active, practical learner, (3) observation-centered learner, (4) passive accepting learner, (5) concrete, detail, fact-oriented learner, and (6) non-adaptive, struggling learner. Rural students were found to be significantly higher in the serious, analytical and active, practical learner characteristics than their urban counterparts. Smaller but significant differences in preferred learning styles were found for three other characteristics. Implications for rural educational development are suggested