Learning Styles in the Philippines Learning Style Inventory (LSI) of Dunn, Dunn, and Price (1992) was administered to 450 sixth and seventh grade students in one urban and two rural schools. The LSI is a self-report instrument which analyzes the conditions under which students in grades 3 to 12 prefer to learn.
Learning Styles in the Philippines Filipino students were found to have preferences for 8/22 elements of learning style: Prefer quiet rather than music or other sound when studying. Need bright light to concentrate or they may become drowsy and can't think well. Prefer cool temperatures and believe they do not perform as well when they are warm. Enjoy sitting in wooden, steel, or plastic chairs (formal design) and can work in them for long periods of time.
Learning Styles in the Philippines Students who exhibit these characteristics tend to be sequential and persistent learners: They move from the beginning of a task to the end in a series of discrete stages (Dunn & Milgram, 1993). They prefer to work on only one thing at a time.
Learning Styles in the Philippines BUT Filipino students tend not to be persistent. They take frequent breaks while studying and often prefer to work on several tasks simultaneously. They begin something, stay with it for a while, stop and do something else, and later return to the earlier assignment.
Learning Styles in the Philippines Filipino students appear to learn best in the early morning. They are most alert, most easily attentive, and best behaved at that time.
Learning Styles in the Philippines Filipino students are visual and kinesthetic learners. They prefer to process information by seeing it. They like to receive information from pictures, graphs, diagrams, and visual media.
Learning Styles in the Philippines As kinesthetic learners, Filipino students learn well through whole