Preferable Learning Styles among Nursing Students in The University of Kufa: A Cross-Sectional Study

The present study aimed to identify preferred learning styles among the nursing students in Kufa University and investigate the associations of their academic performance with the learning preferences. Fifty percent of a random sample of undergraduate nursing students (every other student) from stage11, 111 and lX were requested to participate in this descriptive cross-sectional study. An Arabic version of the questionnaire was used to examine the learning preferences. A total of 150 completed interview questionnaires. Results of the present study indicate that the most common learning preferences among the nursing students were visual (42%) followed by Auditory (26%), and kinesthetic (23.3%) learning preferences, and (8.7%) prefer two and more learning styles. There was association between gender and learning preferences (?> .05). different association between level of academic performance and learning preferences (?> .05). The present study concluded that the visual, active, and styles are the commonest learning preferences among the nursing students. The nursing educators should emphasize the use of this information in their teaching methods to improve learning skills among the nursing students.