Learning Styles and Culture: A Comparative Study about Learning Styles Preferences of Two Cultures

This book explores how two cultures (American and Turkish) process new and difficult information looking for similarities and differences between these groups. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between science major students' learning styles and their culture. Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model which is based on cognitive-style and brain-lateralization theories has been utilized in this research study. Building Excellence and a subscale of self consciousness surveys are used as instruments to answer questions like, -What are the differences in learning styles between Turkish and American undergraduate and graduate students?- What is the relationship between social anxiety and learning style preferences of students? The findings have both theoretical and practical implications for effective teaching in multicultural classrooms and in order to provide equal opportunities to all students. This book will be useful for faculty members, teaching assistants, and teacher educators to increase the success of the students in classrooms.

Huban Kutay received her graduate degrees from The Ohio State University. Currently she is working as a Research Associate at The Ohio State University, Medical Center in a cancer research group focuses on identification of genes that have role in cancer. Her educational interests are learning styles and teaching biology at college level.