A study of canonical correlation between learning styles and lifelong learning skills of high school students

Abstract

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study 1) the level of the learning style and lifelong learning skills of high school students and 2) the canonical correlation between learning styles and lifelong learning skills of high school students, the sample group consisted of high school students. The Two-Stage Random Sampling was used to select 441 high school student in The Secondary Education Service Area Office 18. The instrument for this study were questionnaire asking the learning style and lifelong learning skills. The statistics used to analyze data in clude mean, standard deviation and canonical correlation.

          The research findings were found that

1. The level of collaborative learning avoidance learning and independent learning was high. The level of participant learning and competitive learning was mediocre. The level of dependent learning was low. The level of lifelong learning in term of learning ability, self-directed learning, learn together and readiness for change was high. The level of lifelong learning in term of achievement motivation and curiosity was mediocre.
2. The canonical correlation between the learning styles and lifelong learning had three functions. The covariance of the canonical function at first, second and third were 63.0, 18.0 and 6.0 percent respectively.