"Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Engineering Technology Student Learning Styles as Compared to Engineering Science Grades"

Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Engineering Technology students in the same college with engineering students may be asked to meet the same level of rigor as the rest of the college.Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Engineering Technology students may be housed in separate colleges from Engineering and have different accreditations and licensure processes than engineering.Are Technology and Architecture students fundamentally different than engineering students?College entrance exams and math placement exams have been used previously to identify how this student population may be different than traditional engineering students.However, this research identifies differences on a more basic level.Grades for Engineering Statics have been compared to a survey instrument in use for almost 30 years, the Index of Learning Styles (ILS).Junior level Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, and Fire Protection and Safety students were asked to complete the ILS.Within the core group of students, distinct differences were identified.Further, these results were compared to a review of over 2,500 students who previously reported learning style preferences as a validation of the results.