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Table 1 Predictive ability of learning styles preferences over academic performance on genetics and anatomy subjects

From: First year medical students’ learning style preferences and their correlation with performance in different subjects within the medical course

 

Zero-order correlation

Genetics

Anatomy

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

β

B

95% CI

β

B

95% CI

1. Act. – Ref.

-

−.30*

.36**

−.10

.21

.08

.16

.20

[−0.16, −0.57]

−.06

−.12

[−0.73, 0.48]

2. Sen. – Int.

 

-

−.21

.47***

.31*

−.39**

−.46**

−.44

[−0.73, −0.14]

−.41*

−.61

[−1.09, −0.13]

3. Vis. – Verb.

  

-

.14

−.03

.14

−.14

.16

[−0.49, 0.17]

.08

.15

[−0.39, 0.69]

4. Seq. – Glo.

   

-

.14

−.15

.36*

.43

[0.07, 0.97]

.05

.09

[−0.49, 0.69]

5. Genetics

    

-

.47***

      

6. Anatomy

     

-

F (4, 50) = 3.47, p = .015, = R 2 = .23

F (4, 49) = 2.10, p = .096, R 2 = .16

  1. Note. Act Active, Ref Reflective, Sen Sensing, Int Intuitive, Vis Visual, Verb Verbal, Seq Sequential, Glo Global
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001
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