Learning styles of high school students in rural areas: The case of Koohrang County

Understanding learning styles of students is really useful in selecting appropriate teaching styles, design of educational environment, developing educational equipment and so on. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate learning styles of high school students in rural areas of Koohrang County. A survey research method was used for this purpose. Research population included high school students in rural areas of Koohrang County (N= 1437) that about 305 ones selected as research sample using Kerjcie and Moorgan Sampling Table and Stratified Random Sampling Technique. Also, the analysis of variances (ANOVA) and Chi Square tests were used to analyze data. The results showed that the supposed students had Divergent (28%), Accommodating (26.9%), Convergent (24.59%) and Assimilating (20.32%) learning styles respectively. The other results of this study showed that the average score for the educational achievement of students was different and statistically significant between these four groups, so that students with convergent learning style had the maximum and those with divergent learning style had the minimum educational achievements. Furthermore, significant relationships were observed between students' learning styles and their sex and major.