The Relationship between Learning Style and Jawi Writing Skills among Primary School Student

Abstract

This research aims to determine the relationship between audio, visual, and kinaesthetic learning styles with Jawi's writing skills among students in five primary schools in Machang. This study also aims to find out the differences in the mastery of Jawi skills among students who practice audio, visual and kinaesthetic learning styles. This research also aims to find out the differences in the mastery of Jawi skills among students who practice audio, visual and kinaesthetic learning styles. A total of 200 student’s fifth-year in five primary schools in Machang were selected as a sample by using survey tools based on questionnaire instruments. The questionnaire set contains 30 question items include three types of learning styles as well as Jawi test questions. The descriptive data were used t-Test and Pearson Correlation which shown in tabular form. The overall alpha value of the questionnaire was 0.860 and indicated high question of reliability. The results showed that the audio learning style was the most dominant learning style practiced by most respondents. There is a significant difference between audio, visual and kinaesthetic learning style on Jawi writing skills. Pearson correlation test in this research has shown a significant relationship (p <0.01) between audio, visual, and kinaesthetic learning styles with Jawi writing skills. Therefore, several of suggestions to the parties involved were submitted by the researcher including the seminars for teachers and students to raise awareness on the importance of understanding and practicing which is suitable for learning styles to improve Jawi writing skills among primary school students.