Learning style inventory (Kolb^s model) and achieving geometry learning outcomes
Anwar *, Turmudi, Dadang Juandi

Departemen Pendidikan Matematika, Sekolah Pascasarjana Pendidikan Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi Number 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia

Abstract

A person will be more effective in learning if he already understands his character in learning. There are various kinds of ways that a person has in learning, namely by hearing, reading, or seeing and learning by finding. The way to process this information is known as learning style. This paper aims to explain the tendency of Kolb^s learning style and how the achievement of geometry learning outcomes in junior high school students. The type of research used in this research is quantitative research with an ex-post facto design, with 120 subjects and data collection techniques using the Learning Style Inventory (LSI) questionnaire and geometry learning outcomes test. The results showed that students who learn through concrete experience 17.3%, reflective observation 32.7%, abstract conceptual 22.5%, and active experiment 27.5%. Whereas in the learning style dimension which has a diverger type of 39.3%, assimilator 41.1%, converger 11%, and accommodator 8.6%.So that students who have a diverger learning style are more appropriate if their learning uses the lecture and question and answer method, accommodators are more appropriate to use the problem-based method, while students who have a converger learning style will have better learning outcomes using investment-based learning strategies.

Keywords: learning style Kolb^s model, learning outcomes, geometry

Topic: Mathematics Education