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followed by the visual learners. On the contrary, the analytical and theoretical styles
were selected primarily by the visual learners followed by the kinesthetic learners.
The students were aware of their sensory preferences and most eagerly selected
studying styles, as all of them were able to respond. This awareness enabled them
to perfect their own learning methods and to apply new studying styles
The fact that the students were looking for an adequate learning style and developing their own sensory preferences may increase their learning efficiency. The
above consists in faster learning, more thorough mastering of acquired information,
better understanding and broader knowledge, shaping one’s own skills, etc. When
analyzing the memorized information, the students employ their senses and the
multisensory approach to memorization of contexts through using various routes
of memory search may facilitate the acquisition of information (Czerniawska
2005, p. 296). It is worth bringing up the concept that allows for accompanying
the sensory preferences of a student with adequate teaching strategies at the stage
of information receiving and acquiring (Fleming and Baume 2006, pp. 4 – 7). It is a
vital argument in creating learning opportunities for students in accordance with
their sensory preferences and studying styles to require that the stimuli received
by them correspond to their cognitive level (Mietzel 2002, p. 95).
The authors would like to express their gratitude for help in conducting the
research to Prof. Marek Gawrysiak from the Bialystok University of Technology,
Prof. Józef Dygas from the Warsaw University of Technology, Dr. Swietlana Szczygielska from the Szczecin University of Technology, Dr. Janina Poczęsna from
the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Asta Richter from the University of
Applied Science in Wildau and Prof. Thomas Kern from the Fachhochschule in
Brandenburg.
This work was supported in part by Research Project TB-62 – 176/11/DS of the Poznan
University of Technology.
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