Learning styles, (VARK) model, physics department students

Abstract

   The current research aimed to reveal the preferred learning styles of the students of the Department of Physics / College of Education - Salah al-Din University - Erbil, according to the VARK model for learning styles, and the research population consist of all students of the physics depsrtment for the academic year 2021-2022 and they are (222) male and female students.where the research sample consisted of (197) male and female students from the four stages For the Department of Physics was chosen by stratified random method, the VARK scale was applied to the sample, which includes four learning styles (audio, visual, written/reading, and kienetic), and after unloading the data and using appropriate statistical means, the conclusion was reached that first-year students prefer the visual style. Others prefer the kinetic style, and the research concluded with a set of recommendations, including the need to help teachers reveal the students' preferred learning styles, and to choose the appropriate teaching and learning methods for those styles.