Volume : 10, Issue : 1, JAN 2024

CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF "LEARNING STYLES" ON THE "CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING" AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

MISS. PUSPITA DAS, DR. SUJATA SAHA

Abstract

The present research involves the scientific study of learning style and with the help of scientific research journals. This particular study was carried out to find out the relationship between the learning styles and its effect om creativity and critical thinking skill among young adolescent students. A total of 45 girls were selected randomly belonging to the age range of 15-17 years of age living in Darjeeling West Bengal. The study was conducted in online modality with the help of google forms .The scale that was used here for the purpose of measuring the learning style a four-point rating scale consisting of 36 items, for measuring creativity “creativity style questionnaire revised by Dr.V.K.Kumar” was used and for measuring critical thinking skill a five-point rating scale consisting of 21 items was used. The correlational study indicates a positive correlation among the variables, with a “r” value of (.544) between creativity and critical thinking skills and “r” value of (0.333) between creativity and learning styles. The result of regression study indicates that the learning styles of the students is actually has an immense impact on the creativity and critical thinking skills of the students with the R value of ( R=.443). Hence the findings of the present study suggest that the different types of learning style the students use do have an effect on the level of creativity and critical thinking skills among the young adolescent students, even this study indicated a positive correlation among the creativity and critical thinking skills among the students.

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