EFFECTS OF CULTURE, GENDER AND STREAM ON LEARNING STYLES OF SCHOOL STUDENTS

The investigation was carried out with the objective to find out the effects of culture, gender and stream on learning styles of school students studying in Shimla and Dharamshala city of Himachal Pradesh. The survey was carried out among 555 senior secondary students of Indian and Tibetan culture. Samplewas drawn by random cluster method.The tools for the collection of data wereKolb’s learning styles inventory and Schmech’s Inventory of learning processes. Three-way Analysis of Variance was used for the analysis of data.The study ascertained the difference in thinking, learning and decision making styles of Indian and Tibetan culture groups of senior secondary students and it was revealed that thinking, learning and decision making styles may follow specific cultures.The present research also led to the inferences that gender and stream were significant with reference to learning styles.