Learning Styles and Related Factors in Students at Gilan University of Medical Sciences based on Vermunt Model

Knowing the students' learning styles in the educational system and using the related teaching method with it  to teach students will facilitate the learning process and its further improving. The aim of this study was to determine the learning styles and its related factors in the students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences based on the Vermunt model. This descriptive cross-sectional research was conducted on 247 students, were selected by stratified-random sampling method in 2014-15. Data were collected by valid Vermunt learning styles Scale Contains 120 items, and then analyzed with SPSS-V.21, descriptive and inferential statistics tests (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient, analysis of variance and t-test). Mostly of students were female (90.3%) and nursing (21.5%) with a mean age of 22.89±2.54 years. The mean score of students’ learning style was 382.23±49.63 from 600 scores. The regulation strategies component (the majority decentralized control, 49.8%)and the opinions and beliefs of the learning component (the majority did not believe in acquiring and using knowledge, 57.9%)were more weaknesses in students. Also, there was no statistically significant relationship between demographic variables and learning style scores. According to the results, it is suggested that educational managers pay more attention to the weaknesses of their students and based on that teaching process be considered.