A Study to Investigate Learning A Style That Has Higher Grade Achievement In Computer Programming

Some students perform extremely excellent in some courses whiles they performance poorly in computer programming couse in most of the Ghanaian higher institutions. The question is why some students perform excellent in some courses but these same students perform poorly in computer programming course. In looking for ways of addressing this question the study seek to investigate whether some students with particular learning styles are likely to perform better than others. During the study the researcher compared the various learning styles and their corresponding grade achievement in computer programming by using Bonferroni Post Hoc Test on various learning styles and grade achievement. The study was conducted to find out correlation between students’ learning styles and their actual grade achievement of students studying computer programming. In this study the research design that was employed was survey. The survey was used to find out the learning styles of the learners and their grade achievement in computer programming in the various institutions that formed the population of the research. Stratified Random Sampling Technique was employed for selecting the sample size. The students’ first two semesters’ results were used in order to find out the grade achievement. Data were analyzed by using, percentages, T -test, and one way ANOVA. After analysis it was found that Divergent learning style was learning style of majority of students of the institutions. The study found that there was a significant mean difference of learning styles in grade achievement of students studying computer programming. The divergent, assimilative, accommodative, and convergent learners acquired higher grades respectively. Therefore divergent learners have higher grade achievement in computer programming course.