Learning styles of medical students and related factors

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Relationship between learning styles,academic motivation dimensions, gender

Learning Styles	Gender	Mean ± SD	t	p	p adjusted
Independent learning	Female	3.73 ± 0.44	-4.331	< 0.001	< 0.001
Independent learning	Male	3.86 ± 0.45	-4.331	< 0.001	< 0.001
Avoidant learning	Female	2.89 ± 0.60	-4.751	< 0.001	< 0.001
Avoidant learning	Male	3.09 ± 0.62	-4.751	< 0.001	< 0.001
Collaborative learning	Female	3.65 ± 0.56	2.735	0.006	0.078
Collaborative learning	Male	3.54 ± 0.65	2.735	0.006	0.078
Dependent learning	Female	3.58 ± 0.48	3.309	0.001	0.013
Dependent learning	Male	3.47 ± 0.50	3.309	0.001	0.013
Competitive learning	Female	2.69 ± 0.64	− 0.294	0.769	1.000
Competitive learning	Male	2.70 ± 0.71	− 0.294	0.769	1.000
Participant learning	Female	3.40 ± 0.57	4.768	< 0.001	< 0.001
Participant learning	Male	3.22 ± 0.58	4.768	< 0.001	< 0.001
Academic Motivation Dimensions
IMAT	Female	4.61 ± 1.32	0.779	0.436	1.000
IMAT	Male	4.53 ± 1.36	0.779	0.436	1.000
IMES	Female	4.49 ± 1.29	1.897	0.058	0.754
IMES	Male	4.32 ± 1.30	1.897	0.058	0.754
EM-IJ	Female	4.00 ± 1.32	0.025	0.980	1.000
EM-IJ	Male	4.00 ± 1.42	0.025	0.980	1.000
EM-ER	Female	4.96 ± 1.37	-2.292	0.022	0.286
EM-ER	Male	5.18 ± 1.33	-2.292	0.022	0.286

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