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Learning styles and cultural differences: Case studies of American, Albanian, Austrian, Japanese, Chinese and Croatian students

Effective learning environments (ELE) are determined by a complex range of psychological, pedagogical, technical, cultural, and pragmatic variables. Active participation of students is an important factor in creating ELE. The main goal of this comparative study is to analyze and compare student’s attitudes towards components of an effective leaning environment related to learning styles and learning strategies. For this purpose, students from six different countries were asked to complete the ELE survey. The results of this international comparative study show more similarities than differences across cultural boundaries in students’ perceptions of the importance of various ELE factors. Similarities in all six core samples of respondents include, among others, the fact that all of the students’ assessment of ELE factors lie in the positive part of Likert’s scale. Some cultural differences are observed in the psychological and pedagogical aspects of interpreting communication and learning skills.

Effective learning environment; comparative study; higher education

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