Abstract:
This study identified student and faculty learning styles with the Group Embedded Figures Test and made comparisons based upon the learning style assessments within the College of Agriculture at the University of Florida. As a group, both students and faculty were field independent learners. Marked differences existed between majors. Students in Agronomy, Entomology and Nematology, Dairy and Poultry Science, and Agricultural Education and Communication were identified as field dependent learners while students in Forest Resources and Conservation, Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Soil and Water Science, and Food Science and Human Nutrition were predominantly field independent learners. Faculty in Animal Science, Horticulture, and Agronomy were field dependent learners, while most of the other departmental faculty were field independent learners. No gender differences in learning style were identified among students or faculty.
Keywords:
learning styles, academic units, University of Florida
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