EFFECTIVENESS OF ADAPTIVE ENGLISH LEARNING MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
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To design an effective learning management, it is necessary to consider the learners' learning style as an important part. The purposes of this research were 1) to study learning styles based on perceptual pathways and learning styles according to the students’ personality, 2) to develop and assess the effectiveness of learning management activities based on perceptual pathways and students’ personality, and 3) to assess students’ satisfaction towards learning activities. The sample was 1st year students who enrolled English for Self-direction course, consisting of 22 students. The experimental plan was a single group evaluated before and after the experiment. The duration of the experiment was 15 weeks. The research instruments consisted of 1) the learning style test of students classified by perceptual pathways and personality, 2) the activity plan for adaptive learning according to the perceptual pathways and personality of the students, 3) the student achievement evaluation form, and 4) the student satisfaction evaluation form. The quantitative data was analyzed by finding means, percentage and effectiveness. The findings of the research indicated as following: 1) students' learning styles categorized by perceptual pathways showed that students had a visual learning style of 75.97 percent and learning styles according to personality types was found that 90% of students were dependent personality, 2) learning management plan consisted of learning objectives, learning activities and measurement and evaluation of learning. The result of the effectiveness of learning management according to the learning style of the learners indicated that post-learning was higher than pre-learning with the effectiveness of pre-learning at 0.25 and post-learning at 0.72, and 3) The students were satisfied with the learning management according to the learning style of the learners at a high level with an average of 4.31 from 5 ( = 4.31, SD = 0.45).
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