Student achievement in basic mathematics at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute: Its relationship to match or mismatch of learning styles with learning method

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a student's learning style and his/her success in Basic College Mathematics. In particular, the student's success as it related to his/her individual learning style and the learning methods used to teach Basic College Mathematics. The learning styles were visual/aural, read/write, and kinesthetic, and the learning methods were collaborative, self-paced, and project-based. This research attempted to address the problem by determining which learning style was best suited for a particular learning method in the Basic College Mathematics. In other words, the researcher sought to determine if a relationship existed between student success in a course and the match or mismatch of learning styles with the teaching methodology of the course designed for the particular style. In so doing, the researcher sought to determine which learning style and which learning method, when matched, provided the greatest possibility for success for the Basic College Mathematics students at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute.;The findings showed no statistical significance in success existed between Basic College Mathematics students whose learning styles were in agreement with the learning methods of instruction and Basic College Mathematics students whose learning styles were not in agreement with the learning methods of instruction.