The relationship between learning styles and adaptive teaching method

Identify learning styles of the students and making adaption between teaching patterns and learning styles is of vital importance in effectiveness of teaching and learning processes in the educational system. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between student's learning styles and adaptive teaching method. The population of this study includes all high school students in math and physics field of study in the academic year 2012-2013 in Zanjan City. Of this population, 205 students (145 males and 60 females) were selected by Simple Random Sampling model. For collecting data, the learning styles of Kolb and adaptive teaching method questionnaires were used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and Regression analysis) through Spss software. The results showed that all learning styles have positive and significant relationship with adaptive teaching method. Converging learning style was the strongest factor in predicting adaptive teaching method.