The styles of learning preferred by the students with light mental retardation

Abstract

The focus of this paper is determination of the styles preferred by the high school students with light mental retardation. . Adapted part of the questionnaire Learning Styles Instrument- C.I.T.E. (Babich A.M. et al., 1976) was used for the estimation of the ways of adopting information which identifies five different styles of learning - visual, visual-numerical, additive, additive-numerical and tactile-kinesthetic. The given results did not determine the dominant way of learning but they offer possibilities about the tenancies, particularly using taktical-kinesthetic style. The estimation of the preferred style of learning of persons with light mental retardation in the pedagogical-educational process, can contribute to the creating of the individual ideational programme, method of work and choice of didactical means which will make the process of learning pleasant, adjustable and independent for students.

Fokus rada je utvrditi stilove učenja koje preferiraju srednjoškolci sa lakom intelektualnom ometenošću. Za procenu načina usvajanja informacija korišćen je adaptirani deo upitnika Learning Styles Instrument - C.I.T.E. (Babić, A. M. i dr., 1976) koji identifikuje pet različitih stilova učenja: vizuelni, vizuelno-numerički, auditivni, auditivno-numerički i taktilno- kinestetski. Dobijeni rezultati nisu odredili dominantan način učenja ali pružaju indiciju o mogućim tendencijama, pre svega u korišćenju taktilno-kinestetskog stila. Procena preferirajućeg stila učenja osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću u vaspitno-obrazovnom procesu može doprineti kreiranju individualnog obrazovnog programa, metoda rada i izboru didaktičkih sredstava koji bi proces učenja učinio prijatnijim, prilagođenijim i nezavisnijim za učenika.