Correlation between learning styles and academic achievement of students having not graduated as scheduled at University of Social Science and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

This study uses learning styles scale developed by Reid (1984) and academic achievement scale developed by Young et al (2003) in order to investigate the correlation between learning styles and academic achievement of students who have not graduated on time of University of Social Science and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City. The results indicated that total 6 learning styles are main learning of students and students’ self – rate for their academic achievement was good. Especially, results also pointed out that strong correlation between learning styles and academic achievements of students. The result implied that different learning styles accompanied with learning setting can contribute greatly to students’ academic achievement.