Dominant learning styles of preparatory class students

The aim of this study is to determine the dominant learning styles of English preparatory class students. The universe of the study, having used survey method, was 584 preparatory class students studying at a state university located in the northwest of Turkey. In order to determine the dominant learning styles of preparatory class students, "Learning Styles Inventory" developed by Kolb (1985) was used. According to the findings of the study; that 50,5 % (n-295) of the students had Assimilator, 26,9' % (n-157) of the students had Converger, 14,2 % (n-83) of the students had Diverger and 8,4 % (n=49) of the students had Accomadator learning style were found. No meaningful difference was found among the dominant styles of students according to their gender. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of The Association of Science, Education and Technology