Learning styles, teaching strategies and academic achievement in higher education: A cross-sectional investigation

This study aims at comparing two groups of pre-service teachers (with Educational Sciences and Economic Sciences major) in order to identify their learning style preferences, the most effective teaching strategies for each learning style and some possible differences between their academic achievements (N=182). A between subject design was used to analyze the data collected through a survey method. Significant differences between the two categories of students have emerged in relation with the most effective teaching strategies corresponding to each learning style category. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B. V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of PSIWORLD2011