The Relationship of Learning Style with the Intrinsic Motivation for Building Works Measurement Course

Abstract

Learning style is a very important element in a teaching and learning process and has an impact on intrinsic motivation especially among students. An appropriate and correct learning style is the main factor to ensure that students continue to excel and are confident in the learning process. This correlational survey study seeks to test the association between learning style and intrinsic motivation of civil engineering students for the building works measurement course. The objective of this study is to ascertain if there is a correlation between learning styles (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, and tactile styles) with students' intrinsic motivation. A total of 157 students were involved as a study sample. The study instrument is an adaptation of the Perceptual Learning Style Preferences and Intrinsic Motivation Inventory questionnaires which are confirmed by expert assessors in the field and have good reliability values. Data were analysed inferentially using SPSS. The study findings show a significant positive linear relationship between intrinsic motivation and learning style for the building works measurement course covering all four learning styles namely visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, and tactile styles with intrinsic motivation. The implications of this study show that learning style together with intrinsic motivation are very important components that need to be accentuated in the process of teaching and learning of a building works measurement course.