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Spring 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 24, Number 2

Categories: Education | Spring 2009

Is There a Disconnect Between Teaching Styles and Learning Styles in High School Economics Classes?

Jane S. Lopus, California State University, Hayward

Jody Hoff, Idaho Council on Economic Education

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EDUCATIONALNOTESTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise24(2),2009,157-164IsThereaDisconnectBetweenTeachingStylesandLearningStylesinHighSchoolEconomicsClasses?JaneLopus*CaliforniaStateUniversity,EastBayJodyHoffSanFranciscoFederalReserveBankAbstractTeachershavepreferredteachingstyles,andstudentshavepreferredlearningstyles.Ideallybutunrealistically,studentswouldbematchedwithteacherswhoseteachingstylesmatchtheirlearningstyles.Thirty-nineCaliforniahighschooleconomicsteachersandtheir1290studentsweresurveyedonpreferredteachingandlearningstyles.Resultsindicatethatteachersandstudentsexhibitdifferentpreferencesandthatteachersaresignificantlymoreenthusiasticaboutallthemethodslistedthanarestudents.Althoughitisrecommendedthatteachersbeawareofstudents'learningstyles,itisalsoimportantforteachers,intheroleofpedagogicalexperts,toexposestudentstodifferentmethodsandmaterialsforlearning.JELCodes:A10,A21Keywords:Highschooleconomics;Teachingstyles;LearningstylesI.IntroductionDifferentstudentslearnbestbydifferentmethods.Forexample,somemaybeauditorylearnersandbenefitmorethanothersfromlisteningtolectures.Othersmaylearnbestbyworkingincooperativegroups.Teachersalsohavepreferencesaboutthemethodsthattheythinkaremosteffective.Ifstudentslearnbestbyonemethodandteachersteachbestbyanothermethod,therearelikelytobe*PreparedforpresentationattheannualconferenceoftheAssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducation,LasVegasNV,April6-8,2008.WethankAPEEcolleaguesforhelpfulcomments.157

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Title	Is There a Disconnect Between Teaching Styles and Learning Styles in High School Economics Classes?
Authors/Creators:	Jane S. Lopus, California State University, Hayward Jody Hoff, Idaho Council on Economic Education
Year:	2009
Volume:	24
Number:	2
Pages:	157 - 164
Publisher:	The Association for Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Education, Economic Education, Learning, Teaching, Pedagogy

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Lopus, Jane S.; Hoff, Jody / 2009. "Is There a Disconnect Between Teaching Styles and Learning Styles in High School Economics Classes?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2): 157-164.