A Study in Learning Styles of Construction Management Students

Students take in and process information in different ways.College faculty members 'teaching methods are not all the same.However, rarely there are any efforts by faculty members to harmonize their teaching styles with their students' learning styles.When there is a major mismatch between the learning styles of majority students and teaching styles of the instructors both get frustrated.Although it is not possible for the instructors to match individual learning styles of every student in the class, as long as there is a balance in teaching method in relation to the teaching styles of the majority of the students overall effectiveness of the teaching in the class will rise.It is theorized that the students in different discipline may have different types of learning styles.A simple study was conducted at Farmingdale State College for construction management students to estimate the learning styles as a group.The paper will outline the study and discuss the results of the study.A conclusion and recommendation follows.