Learning styles and thinking styles as predictors of accounting students soft skills and the mediating role of academic achievement in selected universities

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of learning styles and thinking styles on softskills of accounting students and mediating role of academic achievement in selecteduniversities. Sternbergs theory of mental self-government and Flemings theory of VAK wereapplied and the Barsch Learning...

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description	The aim of this study is to determine the effect of learning styles and thinking styles on softskills of accounting students and mediating role of academic achievement in selecteduniversities. Sternbergs theory of mental self-government and Flemings theory of VAK wereapplied and the Barsch Learning Styles Inventory and Sternberg Thinking Styles Inventory instrumentwas used to assess students learning styles and thinking styles as well as Malaysian SoftSkills Scale instrument were used to measure graduates soft skill attainment level. Samplefor this study consists of 306 undergraduate accounting students chosen randomly from UM, UPM andUTAR and the data were analysed using SPSS software. A quantitative approach throughquestionnaire method was carried out to gather the data. An analysis of Mean, StandardDeviation, T-Test, One-Way Anova, Multiple Linear Regressions and Pearsons Correlationwere performed. The research result indicated that there is positive correlation between learning styles and communication skill (r=0.540, p
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spelling	oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:69352022-04-07 Learning styles and thinking styles as predictors of accounting students soft skills and the mediating role of academic achievement in selected universities 2021 Meenah Ramasamy LB Theory and practice of education The aim of this study is to determine the effect of learning styles and thinking styles on softskills of accounting students and mediating role of academic achievement in selecteduniversities. Sternbergs theory of mental self-government and Flemings theory of VAK wereapplied and the Barsch Learning Styles Inventory and Sternberg Thinking Styles Inventory instrumentwas used to assess students learning styles and thinking styles as well as Malaysian SoftSkills Scale instrument were used to measure graduates soft skill attainment level. Samplefor this study consists of 306 undergraduate accounting students chosen randomly from UM, UPM andUTAR and the data were analysed using SPSS software. A quantitative approach throughquestionnaire method was carried out to gather the data. An analysis of Mean, StandardDeviation, T-Test, One-Way Anova, Multiple Linear Regressions and Pearsons Correlationwere performed. The research result indicated that there is positive correlation between learning styles and communication skill (r=0.540, p 2021 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=6935 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=6935 text zsm closedAccess Doctoral Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi AACSB (2016). Advancing Quality Management Education Worldwide. RetrievedOctober 13, 2016 from http://www.aacsb.edu/Abbas Pourhossein Gilakjani & Seyedeh Masoumeh Ahmadi. (2011). The Effect of Visual, Auditory,and Kinesthetic Learning Styles on Language Teaching. International Conference on SocialSciece and Humanity, 5, 469-472.Abdi, A. (2012). A Study on the Relationship of Thinking Styles of Students and their CriticalThinking Skills. 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