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A Study on Learning Styles among High School Students in Kerala

Sasikala, C.
ABSTRACT
This study examines the learning styles of high school students in Kerala, exploring differences based on gender, region, and academic stream (arts or science). Learning styles significantly influence students' ability to comprehend, process, and retain information. Using a standardized tool developed by J.M. Reid (1987), data were collected from 300 high school students. Statistical analyses, including t-tests and ANOVA, were used to test hypotheses related to demographic variables. The findings indicate that while gender and regional background do not significantly affect learning styles, a notable difference was found between students from arts and science streams, with arts students showing higher learning style scores. These findings emphasize the importance of understanding individual learning preferences to enhance instructional effectiveness and academic achievement.
Keywords: Learning styles, high school students, VARK, stream of study, Kerala, demographic variables
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Sasikala, C. (2025). A study on learning styles among high school students in Kerala. Indian Educational Researcher, 18 (1), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.34293/0974-2123.v18n1.001
Received: April 10, 2025; Revision Received: May 25, 2025; Accepted: June 16, 2025.