| Problem. The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between learning styles and a specific set of predictor variables (instructional preferences, educational background, occupation, gender, and age) in adult members of selected Chinese Baptist churches in Taiwan.;Findings and conclusions. The result of chi-square statistic was significant showing that there was a predominant learning style for adults of selected Chinese Baptist churches in Taiwan. Out of 286 respondents, 120 (41.96 percent) were classified as assimilators. Their learning styles did not relate to occupation or age. However, instructional preferences, educational background, and gender were not independent of learning styles. Accommodators and divergers showed more interest in lectures, whereas assimilators and convergers favored theoretical readings more. Adults with higher education (college graduate through doctorate degree) learned more from abstract conceptualization. Women tended to score higher on concrete experience, while men tended to score higher on abstract conceptualization.;Further research needs to be done to study adults from other denominations as well as non-Christians in Taiwan, and American-born Chinese in the United States, with the use of different instruments to assess learning styles in relationship to related factors.;Procedures. A stratified sampling method was used to select five adults from each of the ninety-four Chinese Baptist churches in Taiwan. The research data was collected through use of a Chinese translation of the Learning Style Inventory developed by David A. Kolb; and a self-reporting demographic questionnaire. The data analysis of this study used chi-square statistic (at 0.05 level of significance) and Cramer's Phi. Of the 420 respondents valid for the study, 286 usable questionnaires were tabulated for processing. |
