Styles of learning and academic performance

Abstract

The learning styles have served to make significant changes in the educational process, they have helped both students and teachers to understand that each human being learns in a different way, and that there is no correct or erroneous way of learning.  On the other hand, academic performance is a fundamental part of the teaching and learning process, because it allows us to identify if the student meets the learning standards set forth in the education curriculum to be promoted at the level. The objective of the research was to identify the styles of learning preferred by the students and analyze their influence on academic performance. The research had a qualitative approach. It was composed of a population of 46 students. For the data collection, the Test of Honey and Alonso was applied, which was structured by 86 questions. The dominant style was the reflective one, which corresponds to 42.30% of the population. It was concluded that learning styles do influence academic performance, but there are also a variety of factors that contribute to poor student performance.