Relationship and Impact of Learning Styles on Students’ Academic Achievement

The study examined learning styles on students’ academic achievement. It investigated such research questions as the relationship and impact between learning and students’ academic achievement in mathematics and ICT. A descriptive-correlational design was employed to answer the research questions investigated. One hundred forty (140) respondents (junior high students) were selected through simple random sampling techniques to be part of the study. Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analyse the results of the study. The findings revealed that the learning style modalities, visual, reading-writing, and kinesthetic, are positively related to mathematics learning; nonetheless, the learning style aural is inversely related to the learning of mathematics. Besides, it was found out that the sensory modalities visual and kinesthetic are also positively related to learning of ICT, aural and reading writing are inversely related to ICT learning. The hierarchical regression model indicated that visual, reading-writing, and kinesthetic have a positive impact and mediate learning of mathematics. Additionally, the analysis outcomes also indicated visual and kinesthetic mediates learning of ICT and has a positive impact. ( ). The study, therefore, strongly recommends that mathematics teachers should optimise visual, reading-writing, and kinaesthetic sensory modalities in the learning of mathematics. Again, maximizing the use of visual and kinaesthetic sensory modalities shall contribute to increasing performance in ICT.