An investigation of perceptual learning style preferences of students on the basis of gender and academic achievements

The aim of the present research was twofold. first aim was to identify the perceptual learning styles of the university students and secondly to identify the perceptual learning style preferences of the students on the basis of gender and academic achievements. data were collected from 330 students of the university of agriculture,faisalabad by using stratified sampling technique. the study found that tactile (41.57) learning style is the most preferred learning style followed by the auditory (40.98) learning style. both group (37.56) and individual (37.56) learning styles are identified as third most preferred learning styles. on the basis of gender,a significant difference was found in visual (0.043),group (0.027) and kinesthetic (0.019) learning style. with regard to cgpa of the students,a significant difference was found in visual (0.035),auditory (0.04),kinesthetic (0.029) and group (0.023) learning styles. amalgamation of different perceptual learning styles such as tactile,visual and auditory may be more helpful for students to learn effectively and for teachers to teach efficiently instead of using only one perceptual learning style.