ANALYSIS OF LEARNING PREFERENCES AND STYLES OF STUDENTS IN AGRIBUSINESS PLANT EDUCATION

Based on the concept of student learning styles, students have strengths and weaknesses in learning. When the teacher applies learning methods that are not in accordance with their learning style, it will affect learning outcomes. The selection of the science learning method can be done by adjusting the student's learning style as a first step before carrying out the learning process. The purpose of this research is to identify profiles of students' learning styles in order to be able to choose appropriate learning methods. This research is a qualitative descriptive study, using a purposive sampling technique. The research subjects consisted of 32 students of class X Culinary 2 at SMK Negeri 6 Semarang. The learning styles studied focus on visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. Data collection techniques using questionnaires to identify student learning styles and observation. The data obtained were analyzed qualitatively. The results obtained are that students are more inclined to the visual learning style by 47%, while the auditory is 16.2% and the kinesthetic is 36.8%. So it can be concluded that students in the class have diverse learning styles. Teachers cannot emphasize only one learning style so that the learning methods applied must be varied and adapted to the learning styles possessed by students.

Abstract. The main aim of this research was to determine the influence of learning methods and motor skills on the learning outcomes of fencing attack skills. A 2 x 2 factorial design was used in this study to investigate two learning methods (massed practice and distributed practice) and two categories of motor ability (high and low). A total of 40 students were involved in this study and divided into four groups (A1B1, A1B2, A2B1, and A2B2), each group consisting of 10 people. Each group was given treatment for 16 meetings. The research data were analyzed using the t-test and analysis of variance at a significance level of α = .05. The results of the research found (1) there was a significant difference in influence between massed practice and distributed practice learning methods on fencing martial arts attack skills (F = 72.654; p < .01), (2) there was no significant difference in learning outcomes for fencing martial arts attack skills between groups that have high motor ability versus low motor ability (F = 3.144; p > .05), and (3) there was no significant interaction between massed practice, distributed practice, and motor ability learning methods with fencing attack skills (F = .0001; p > .05). Massed practice learning methods appear to be superior in improving fencing attack skills compared to distributed practice. Keywords: Learning methods, massed practice, distributed practice, motor ability, fencing attacks

BackgroundA diverse student population can present a challenge when designing a medical educational curriculum to meet the learning needs of all the students. Many factors, such as attendance, use of technology, and student learning style, have been investigated in the hope of predicting medical student performance. Learning style, based on Kolb's learning theory, proposes that learning is a combination of how one approaches a task and responds to the experience, whereas learning strategy measures if deep or surface learning tactics are used when learning new material. While previous studies have categorized medical students’ learning styles and used them to predict performance on standardized exams, there has not been a thorough investigation of how a student's learning style or learning strategy influences his/her academic performance throughout medical school.ObjectiveAssess whether a student's preferred learning style and/or learning strategy influences his/her academic performance throughout the first year of medical school.Hypotheses1) Converging learners, who learn by abstract conceptualization and active experimentation, will perform better in the anatomical sciences compared to other learning styles because these components utilize practical application of knowledge in labs. 2) Surface learners will perform better than deep learners on lab exams because these focus more on recognition and less on conceptualization.MethodsFirst year medical students were recruited for the IRB approved study and took Kolb's Learning Style Inventory 3.1 to determine their preferred learning style: Accommodating (n=9), Assimilating (n=35), Converging (n=26), or Diverging (n=9). Learning strategy was determined using the Modified Archer's Health Professions Motivation Survey, which categorized students as Deep (n=68) or Surface (n=8) learners. Academic performance was measured using scores on graded assignments. Mean scores were compared among Kolb learning style groups using ANOVA & Tukey's HSD to adjust for multiple comparisons. Mean scores were compared among learning strategy groups using two‐sample t‐tests.ResultsResults showed that Convergers performed significantly higher than Assimilators in Development (87.9% vs. 83.3%; p=0.02) and Histology (90.9% vs. 88.2%; p=0.02), but not in other components. There was no significant difference in academic performance between other learning styles. When analyzing learning strategies, surface learners performed better than deep learners in Anatomy overall (87.9% vs. 83.4%; p=0.03), as well as in the Anatomy (89.0% vs. 84.0%; p=0.02) and Neuroscience labs (90.0% vs. 84.2%; p<0.05).ConclusionsInterestingly, learning style and learning strategy are related to academic performance in certain components, but not others. Factors specific to components (e.g., identification vs. integration and level of self‐directed learning) may play a role in why some are affected more than others. Surface learners performed significantly better than deep learners on lab exams, but not on written exams. Since lab exams rely more on identification, a strength of surface learners, this may explain why students performed better. Continuing to explore the relationship between learning style, learning strategy, and academic performance may provide a tool to enhance medical school curricula, help faculty identify at‐risk students and provide interventional tools focused on helping these students succeed.

The learning outcomes achieved by students are influenced by many factors. This study aims to determine the level of support of factors (motivation, interest, family, teacher's role, learning methods and learning facilities) that influence the learning process in achieving student learning outcomes in CNC learning in class XI. The subjects in the study were Class XI students majoring in Mechanical Engineering at SMK Negeri 5 Padang in the 2022/2023 academic year totalling 37 people. Because the number of research subjects (population) is less than 100 people, so all of them are taken as samples or total sampling. Data collection was carried out using observation, questionnaires and documentation. Data analysis techniques using descriptive statistical techniques. From the data analysis, it shows that of each factor studied, the learning facility factor has the lowest level of support for student academic success compared to other factors that have been studied by researchers. Therefore, learning facilities at SMK Negeri 5 Padang in CNC subjects need to be improved again to support the student learning process and achieve better learning achievements for students.

The level of higher education has been undergoing changes where there has been an increase in the difficulty of the work of teachers and university students, therefore, they opt for strategies that teachers develop to be able to teach and perform learning techniques that will allow them to solve real problems: Practical teaching methods: (a) Didactic strategies applied in the formation of competencies, (b) Criteria for conceptualization, classification, selection and characterization of teaching methods. Practical learning methods: (i) Competency-based higher education teaching-learning model, (ii) Learning strategies in higher education. In synthesis, the didactic strategies applied in the formation of competencies is a process that will encourage students and university teachers to be able to use learning tools and techniques to achieve their particular objectives. This study can be improved by increasing variables and obtaining more precise results based on methodological techniques to improve teaching and academic learning.

This research aims to analyze and develop the management of Vocational High Schools (SMK) through the Community Service program at SMK Negeri 1 Tomohon, Tomohon City. The research method used is a qualitative approach with data collection techniques in the form of observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. This research is motivated by the important role of vocational schools in preparing skilled workers who are ready to compete in the industrial world. SMK Negeri 1 Tomohon was chosen as the research object because it has unique potential and challenges in implementing effective school management. The research results show that good school management requires collaboration between schools, industry, and society. The aspects analyzed include competency-based curriculum, learning facilities, and the involvement of parents and the community in supporting educational activities. This research found that several areas require improvement, including improving facilities and infrastructure, developing a curriculum that is more relevant to industry needs, and increasing teacher capacity through continuous training. Based on these findings, this research recommends several strategies to improve the management of SMK Negeri 1 Tomohon, namely: (1) increasing collaboration with local industry to provide relevant facilities and training programs, (2) developing community service programs that involve students in projects real, and (3) strengthening the evaluation and monitoring system to ensure sustainable education quality. It is hoped that this research can make a real contribution to the development of vocational school management in Indonesia, especially in the context of community service, as well as encourage the active involvement of all stakeholders in improving the quality of vocational education.

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the effect of learning discipline, learning facilities, learning motivation, learning methods simultaneously on the learning achievement of economic subjects in class X social studies students of SMA Panjura Malang. The population in this study were all students of class X IPS SMA Panjura Malang with a total of 70 respondents. Data was collected with a questionnaire instrument distributed to respondents. The results of this study indicate that (1) Learning discipline has a positive and significant effect on learning achievement. (2) Learning facilities have a negative and significant effect on learning achievement. (3) Learning motivation has a positive and significant effect on learning achievement. (4) Learning methods have a positive and significant effect on learning achievement, (5) Learning discipline, learning facilities, learning motivation and learning methods have a positive and significant effect on learning achievement. The magnitude of the influence of learning discipline, learning facilities, learning motivation and learning methods on learning achievement is 86.8% and the remaining 13.2% is influenced by other variables outside this study. Thus, it can be concluded that learning discipline, learning facilities, learning motivation and learning methods together have a positive and significant effect on the learning achievement of students in class X IPS SMA Panjura Malang Keywords: Learning Discipline, Learning Facilities, Learning Motivation, Learning Methods, Learning Achievement

Every student absorbs and processes knowledge in a different way, which distinguishes each from one another. Some students may have a combination of learning styles. In order to apply a variety of teaching strategies that are ideal to accommodate all types of learners in the classroom, it is crucial for a teacher to understand the learning preferences of his or her students. This study was carried out to investigate the students’ learning style and reading performance, and determine if there is a significant correlation between the two variables. The VAT learning style, which stands for visual, auditory, and tactile, was the only focus of this study. This study employs a descriptive-correlational analysis of variables to discover whether there is a significant relationship between the two variables and to describe the variables. There were 72 Grade 8 students from Libertad National High School, Libertad Misamis Oriental, Philippines who participated in this study. The Learning Style Survey Questionnaire was utilized to determine the students' preferred learning styles, and three reading passages with a total of 30-item questions were used to determine the students' reading performance. In this study, the percentage and chi-square test were both employed to obtain the results. The findings indicate that the majority of students’ response is auditory. Regarding their reading performance, most students are at the instructional level. As the p-value of 0.6086 is greater than the 0.05 level of significance, the results showed that the student's learning style is not significantly related to their reading performance. Thus, a student's preferred learning style has no relation to how well they read. This implies that being an auditory learner does not guarantee that a student would excel in reading and become an independent reader. Future studies may thus employ different grade levels or concentrate on the two learning preferences—visual and auditory—to see whether there is a significant relationship between them and the students’ reading proficiency.

This study is motivated by the crucial role of practical facilities and student learning motivation in supporting learning outcomes, particularly in SMAW welding practice instruction at vocational high schools. The objective of this research is to determine the influence of welding workshop facilities and practical learning motivation on the learning outcomes of Grade XI Welding Engineering students at SMK Negeri 1 West Sumatra. The study uses a quantitative method with a correlational approach, involving 25 students as the sample. Data were collected through questionnaires, documentation, and observation, and analyzed using simple and multiple linear regression. The results show that: (1) welding workshop facilities significantly affect student learning outcomes, with a t value of 2.762 and the regression equation Y = 57.235 + 0.328X₁; (2) practical learning motivation also significantly affects learning outcomes, with a t value of 3.095 and the regression equation Y = 55.981 + 0.338X₂; (3) simultaneously, both variables have a positive and significant effect on student learning outcomes, with a coefficient of determination R² = 0.315 and the regression equation Y = 52.831 + 0.812X₁ + 1.451X₂. These findings confirm that the availability of adequate practice facilities and high practical learning motivation together can improve student learning outcomes in SMAW welding subjects. The implication is that schools need to ensure the provision of appropriate practice facilities and foster student motivation through contextual and participatory learning strategies.

Teaching factory implementation is expected to be link and match between school and industrial world to produce competent graduates who can meet the demand of industry. In its implementation, teaching factory requires teachers to understand its concepts, technicality, and implementation. Evaluation is necessary to be conducted to obtain an overview of the success and benefits of teaching factory. However, recent evaluations have only focused on the aspects of results and constraints, yet the whole evaluation is the one that is significant to carry out. Therefore, this research attempted to evaluate teaching factory using CIPPO (Context, Input, Process, Product, Outcome) model. It analyzed the implementation of Teaching Factory in Adiwerna 2 Public Vocational High School or SMK Negeri 2 Adiwerna, the success and benefit levels of teaching factory viewed from the aspects of context, input, process, product, and outcome in SMK Negeri 2 Adiwerna, and factors constraining the implementation of it. To do so, the researchers employed quantitative method through questionnaire, interview, and documentation as the data collection instruments. For the analysis, the research used percentage description system. The data analyzed were collected from research subjects including the principal, vice principal in in charge of facilities and infrastructure, vice principal in charge of curriculum, the head of Computer and Network Engineering (CNE), Internship Group, Special Job Market (SJM), teachers, and students in grade XI who studied productive subject of CNE and business / industrial world. The results showed that: (1) overall, the implementation of teaching factory in SMK Negeri 2 Adiwerna run fairly well. (2) the context aspect gained the mean percentage of 64% in the fairly good category, the input aspect gained the mean percentage of 71% in the fairly good category, the process aspect gained the mean percentage of 74% in the fairly good category, the product aspect gained the mean percentage of graduates was 62% in the fairly good category, the outcome aspect gained the mean percentage of 84% in the good category. All those aspects obtained the mean percentage of 71% in the fairly good category. (3) there found several factors constraining teaching factory implementation and things to improve in the aspects of context and input. The context aspect lacked of cooperation with business / industrial world in the procurement of facilities and training with the mean percentage of 40% in poor category so that the subjects taught were less synchronized with the real situation in business/ industrial world. Meanwhile, the product aspect or the graduates who were absorbed into business/ industrial world were less optimal that based on the tracing data, the graduates of CNE in 2019 who were absorbed into business/ industrial world was 40% in the poor category. This calculation was even less optimal since there left 31 students of 94 with the percentage of 32.98% who have not yet given report so that it contributed to significant calculation results.

BackgroundStudents may have different learning styles. It is unclear, however, whether tailoring instructional methods for a student’s preferred learning style improves educational outcomes when teaching procedures. The authors sought to examine whether teaching to a student’s self-perceived learning style improved the acquisition of intravenous (IV) catheter placement skills. The authors hypothesized that matching a medical student’s preferred learning style with the instructor’s teaching style would increase the success of placing an IV catheter.MethodsUsing the VARK model (i.e., visual [V], auditory [A], read/write [R] and kinesthetic [K]), third-year medical students reported their self-perceived learning style and were subsequently randomized to instructors who were trained to teach according to a specific learning format (i.e., visual, auditory). Success was gauged by: 1) the placement of an IV on the first attempt and 2) the number of attempts made until an IV line was successfully placed.ResultsThe average number of attempts in the matched learning style group was 1.53, compared to 1.64 in the unmatched learning style group; however, results were not statistically significant. Both matched and unmatched groups achieved a similar success rate (57 and 58 %, respectively). Additionally, a comparison of success between the unmatched and matched students within each learning style modality yielded no statistical significance.ConclusionsResults suggest that providing procedural instruction that is congruent with a student’s self-perceived learning style does not appear to improve outcomes when instructing students on IV catheter placement.

Vocational high school (SMK) is secondary education that prepares students to work according to their respective fields. The SMK curriculum's development is needed to improve the quality of graduates who have the potential to work according to the interests and needs of society. Therefore, the SMK curriculum must be in line with what is needed by the world of work, not adjusted to government policies. In the SMK curriculum, we recognize the term link and match as a form of curriculum alignment with the demands of the business and industrial world (DUDI). However, implementing the 2013 Curriculum policy and link and match encountered problems, namely the teaching factory program. This study aimed to see the implementation of the 2013 curriculum and the link-and-match program implemented by schools, teachers, and students at SMK Negeri 1 Sutera. The research used is qualitative research where the data sources or respondents are school principals, teaching and education staff, and parties involved in curriculum implementation. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews, and studies. Data analysis used an interactive model. Data validity used data triangulation. The results of the study show that: 1) In general, the implementation of the 2013 curriculum at SMK Negeri 1 Sutera in the program has been going well but needs to be improved in the PPK and GLS programs, 2) the implementation of learning in the classroom still needs to be improved because there are still several teachers, especially in using learning methods are still teacher-centered, 3) the implementation of street vendors, teaching factories, and Special Job Fairs has not been implemented optimally because there are differences between KD and implementation in the field.

Due to the epidemic, nursing students were barred from practising in hospitals throughout their co-assistance phase. A comprehensive examination of their perceptions of their skills throughout this period will help enhance education, eliminate gaps, and produce well-trained nurses. Therefore, this study examines co-assistant nursing students' perspectives on their competency and the factors that influence it. The research method was a correlational survey approach. There were 297 co-assistant nursing students chosen as a sample using a consecutive sampling technique from 1085 co-assistant nursing students who were registered at PD-DIKTI. The Nurse Professional Competence Scale Short Form (NPCS-SF), which has 35 items, was used to measure the clinical competence of respondents. Bivariate analysis used the Chi-Square test with a 95% confidence interval, while multivariate analysis used Logistic Regression. From the research process, this study found that most respondents perceive that they are less competent in learning during this pandemic (71.4%). It also can be concluded that respondents' satisfaction with learning methods and facilities is significantly related to students' competence (<0.05). Based on the value of OR, respondents who are satisfied with the learning method during the pandemic will be 1.7 times the opportunity to be competent compared to those who do not. From the logistic regression results, only the respondents' satisfaction with learning facilities during the pandemic significantly affected their perceptions of their competence. In conclusion, the clinical competence of co-assistance nursing students is strongly influenced by the learning facilities they get. Pandemic conditions cause students to not be facilitated optimally at a hospital or other clinical settings, ultimately reducing their confidence in the competencies experienced.

In a student-centered teaching and learning environment, students' needs, potentials, and learning styles are considered crucial. Therefore, teachers need to understand what learning styles students prefer to teach effectively. In the current study, a quantitative research approach has been adopted in this study within it descriptive research designed was used. To determine the preferred learning styles of B.Ed. students, VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic) learning style model has been used. Since the data was collected using the VARK questionnaire, simple random sampling techniques were used. The reliability of the instrument was calculated through Cronbach α= 0.75. The sample of the study consists of 140 Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) students of a Public Sector University located in Northern Sindh, Pakistan. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics (percentages mean and standard deviation) to determine the most preferred style of learning of students. The results of the study revealed that 27.93% of the B.Ed. students have preferred aural learning style, 25.13% kinaesthetic learning style, 22.65% visual style of learning and 21.09% preferred read/write learning style respectively. To conclude that the majority of the B.Ed. students preferred aural learning style and the least preferred style of learning was read/write. Hence, B.Ed. students were driven towards an aural learning style. This study suggests that students learning styles are influenced by the teacher’s teaching style. Therefore, the teacher can determine his/her teaching style by using the score of the VARK questionnaire. The study recommends that another study can be conducted by the teachers to learn about the larger number of students’ preferred learning styles. The teacher can also address a mixture of learning styles. In the classroom, there are always diverse learners. In that case, the teacher can use integrated teaching style which can address all learners preferred teaching style.

This study aims to determine the Contribution of Learning Motivation and Utilization of Learning Facilities Against Basic Electrical and Electronic Learning Outcomes Grade X Students of Audio Video Engineering Skills Program at SMK Negeri 5 Padang. The population in this study amounted to 63 students. This type of research is correlational descriptive. In this study using Simple Random Sampling with a total of 56 students. Data Learning outcomes were obtained from Elementary and Electrical subject teachers at SMK Negeri 5 Padang. Meanwhile Motivation Learning Data and Learning Facilities Utilization obtained by using a questionnaire with a Likert scale that has been tested for validity and reliability. The results of data analysis showed: (1) Motivation to Learning and Utilization of Learning Facilities together contributed 36.24% to learning outcomes; (2) Learning Motivation contributes 7.95% to learning outcomes; (3) Utilization of Learning Facilities contributes 25.50% to learning outcomes. So it can be concluded that the motivation to learn and use learning facilities contributes to the learning outcomes of basic electricity and electronics at SMK Negeri 5 Padang.Keywords: Learning Motivation, Utilization of Learning Facilities, Learning Outcomes