Visualization Skills and Learning Style Patterns among Engineering Students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the learning styles and visualization skills practiced by engineering students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. A sample of 250 respondents was selected from six engineering faculties in the university. This comprised of year one to year four undergraduate engineering students in the faculties. The study used quantitative approach of data collection and has been analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. The instrument for data collected included questionnaires, visualization skills tests and learning style inventory which were used to determine the relationship between learning styles and visualization skills of students. The results showed that there was no relationship between visualization skills and learning style engineering students in UTM. From this study, patterns of visualization skills and learning styles among engineering students were constructed based-on area/field of specialization, years of study and gender.