Learning patterns of educational sciences students in private Mexican universities

This study analyzed the learning patterns of Mexican students of educational sciences in relation to some academic variables – semester they were studying, degree program, perception as a student, academic achievement and performance – measured through the Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS; Vermunt, 1998). Participants were 175 students from two private universities. A significant positive correlation was observed between academic performance and the pattern oriented to meaning, and a significant negative correlation between the former and the undirected pattern. A multiple orientation pattern was predominant among students from both universities, followed by a pattern oriented to meaning.