A Match or a Mismatch between Student and Teacher Learning Style Preferences at King Abdullah Second School for Excellence in Jordan
Abstract
It is crucial to study learning and teaching styles because some studies have shown that a match between teaching and learning
styles helps to enhance the learning process. So, teachers should identify their own teaching styles as well as their learning styles
to obtain better academic achievement in the classroom. This study focuses on the students’ learning styles, teachers’ teaching
styles, and whether there is a match or mismatch between student and teacher teaching style preferences in King Abdullah
Second School for Excellence in Jordan. The results show that most tenth grade students at King Abdullah Second School for
Excellence in Jordan prefer to learn by using visual and individual styles. Also, the English teacher, Mr. Ashraf’s major teaching
style preferences are visual and individual. Thus, there is a match between the teacher’s preferred teaching style and the students’
preferred learning style at King Abdullah Second School for Excellence, Irbid, Jordan.