MOST FREQUENT TEACHING STYLES AND STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN.pdf

The objective of this study was to determine the main learning strategies frequently used by the students and frequent teaching styles as perceived by students. The sample was comprised of 560 (280 boys, 280 girls) students randomly selected from 20 Public High Schools (male = 10, female =10) of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) by Wu and Cherng and Teaching Style Questionnaire by Chen was utilized for this study. It was found that help seeking learning strategy was most frequently used by students and democratic teaching style was most frequent as observed by student’s perception. A significant difference was found in the utilization of elaboration, rehearsal, help-seeking and organization strategies of learning on the basis of gender (p < .05). Whereas no significant difference was found in critical thinking, meta- cognitive, peer learning, time and study management and effort management learning strategies.