Email this article The Effect of Student Learning Style Training on Teacher Learning Methods
), Tjut Rifameutia(2)
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(1) Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
(2) Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
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The Effect of Student Learning Style Training on Teacher Learning Methods. Objectives: This study aims to improve teachers' comprehension of students' learning style differences. Methods: This study was conducted in the form of training that used the principles of experiential learning. Sixteen participants participated in the "Get to Know Student's Learning Styles." Three levels of evaluation were used to measure the result: (1) reaction evaluation, (2) learning evaluation, and (3) behavior evaluation. Findings: The results of this study show a positive reaction from the participants, a significant increase in knowledge after the training, and improvement in the direct implementation of various learning methods to accommodate all of the students' learning styles. Conclusion: Increasing teachers' comprehension in understanding students' learning style differences has occurred.
Keywords: individual differences, learning methods, learning style training.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v13.i3.202326
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