The analysis of influencing factors of learning styles, teacher’s perceptions and the availability of learning resources in elementary schools in Padang, West Sumatra

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One of the elements to create an optimum teaching and learning process is the support of the availability of adequate learning resources. The number of schools has provided some learning resources namely audio, visual, and audio-visual. However, those properties have not thoroughly answered the needs of students’ learning styles yet. Generally, the applicable learning resources are dominated by uncomplicated printed media such as textbooks and pictures. The teachers also have not shown the ultimate performances in utilising the learning resources at schools. The research aims to investigate the influence of audio, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles, teachers’ perceptions, and the availability of learning resources in elementary schools in Padang, West Sumatera. It is quantitative research which involves 400 teachers of elementary schools in Padang as the population and takes 41 teachers of them as proportional random sampling. The data is collected by applying the questionnaire to the selected sample. Furthermore, the data were analysed using the Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation to examine the validity level, the Alpha Cronbach to reliability testing purpose and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis to perceive the correlation among the variables in this study. From the analysis, it is found that there was an influence between the students’ learning styles and the utilisation of learning resources toward the students’ learning achievements. The results showed that path coefficient for learning style that is 0,399 at significant stage 0,003 and teacher perception equal to 0,201 at significant stage 0,002. Therefore, this study suggested that the teachers should notice to the students’ learning styles and the selection of learning methods employed in the learning and teaching activities so that the learning process can be performed maximally. The schools are supposed to improve the other learning tools so that increasing the learning achievement of students.