Introduction
Learners are ideally understood to learn at their own pace. They have different learning styles as well as learning adaptations. This reality showcases their innate differences from one another which proves to greatly affect how a teacher would discuss the lesson in a manner it will be understood and appreciated by the majority of the class.
Fatemeh and Camellia (2018) also cited the views of Gokalp (2013) and Fardon (2013) which noted that there is an understanding that each student learns in a unique way. Thus, learning styles are an individual's unique way of absorbing, processing, comprehending, and remembering information. Students' learning styles are influenced by environmental, emotional, and cognitive factors, as well as previous experiences. Learning styles are more concerned with "how" students learn than "what" they learn. The need to relate the way a learner learns is necessary for a learning facilitator’s knowledge of how to handle the lesson or execute teaching strategies. Thus, the need to understand different learning styles from a more contemporary perspective is ideal as this is connected with how teaching must be implemented.
Bire et al. (2014) emphasized learning styles as theoretical foundations in understanding the learners. Keefe (1979) (as cited in Bire et al., 2014) stated learning styles are cognitive characteristics, behavior, and psychological learning styles are also the easiest way an individual has to absorb, regulate, and process information received by students. Understanding student learning styles is therefore critical in order to help and guide students toward success while minimizing failure. (Awla, 2014) Again, there had always a been a significant relationship between learning styles and academic performance. However, with the given circumstances of the world and how it gradually accepts blended learning, there is a question of whether different learning styles will still be relevant in today's pedagogical arena.
Furthermore, learning styles, in any way connect to academic performance and soon in a larger aspect. Nja et al. (2019) cited numerous studies in their study entitled, “The Influence Of Learning Styles On Academic Performance Among Science Education Undergraduates At The University Of Calabar”, which emphasized the development of any country be it economic, political, social, scientific, and technological depends on academic performance of students. Academic performance of students is important in every country because it produces graduates who will have a significant impact on society. When a student's academic achievement is poor, graduates from those schools may be unable to perform the duties for which they were trained. Nja and Obi (2017)
Just like building houses, understanding the need to determine the numerous learning styles of the learners help in the selection of the most appropriate activities and lessons intended for them. According to Nja (2019), it is not surprising to see buildings collapse because civil engineers did not have a good education in school. Patients die at the hands of quack doctors in the medical field. Because of the wiring of buildings that was poorly done by electrical engineers who did not have a good education, fire outbreaks in homes, offices, and public places have become the order of the day. Understanding learners' learning styles will eventually lead to the proper utilization of education to bring the best of their potential into use for society itself.
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