Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2015  |  Volume : 13  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 163--168

Assessing learning preferences of dental students using visual, auditory, reading-writing, and kinesthetic questionnaire


Darshana Bennadi1, KR Kashinath2, JV Bharateesh1, Nandita Kshetrimayum3 
1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Siddhartha Dental College and Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Siddhartha Dental College and Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Dental College, Lamphelpat, Imphal West, Manipur, India

Correspondence Address:
Darshana Bennadi
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Siddhartha Dental College and Hospital, Agalkote, Tumkur - 572 107, Karnataka
India

Introduction: Educators of the health care profession (teachers) are committed in preparing future health care providers, but are facing many challenges in transmitting their ever expanding knowledge to the students. This study was done to focus on different learning styles among dental students. Aim: To assess different learning preferences among dental students. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire study using visual, auditory, reading-writing, and kinesthetic questionnaire among dental students. Results: Majority 75.8% of the students preferred multimodal learning style. Multimodal learning was common among clinical students. No statistical significant difference of learning styles in relation to gender (P > 0.05). Conclusion: In the present study, majority of students preferred multimodal learning preference. Knowledge about the learning style preference of different profession can help to enhance the teaching method for the students.


How to cite this article:
Bennadi D, Kashinath K R, Bharateesh J V, Kshetrimayum N. Assessing learning preferences of dental students using visual, auditory, reading-writing, and kinesthetic questionnaire.J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent 2015;13:163-168


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Bennadi D, Kashinath K R, Bharateesh J V, Kshetrimayum N. Assessing learning preferences of dental students using visual, auditory, reading-writing, and kinesthetic questionnaire. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent [serial online] 2015 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];13:163-168
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