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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the learning styles of secondary school students (6th.,7th and, 8th grades) and their demographic features. 1498 students (717 girls, 781 boys) from 12 secondary schools in Bolu in the 2005-2006 school year participated in this study. A“personal information inquiry” including 6 questions (name of the school, class, gender, education level of mother and father, income level) was applied in order to collect the demographic features of the students. In addition, “Learning Styles Inventory” developed by Kolb in 1985 was used to determine their learning styles. The students’learning styles prefences were analyzed through frequency (f) and percentages (%). Students’learning styles preference were compared with gender, class level, education level of mother and father, family income level by using Chi-square Test. According to the results of the study; it was found that 37.4% of the secondary school students participating in the study have diverger, 24% of them have assimilator, 19.8% converger and 18.8% accomodator learning styles. There was a significant difference between the students’ learning styles and their mothers’ and fathers’ level of education or the level of income level the family (p<0.05). There was also a significant difference between students’learning styles and class levels and gender (p>0.05).

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