Publicación: A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning
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2025-01-10
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This study examined the impact of learning style and study habit alignment on the academic success of engineering students. Over a 16-week semester, 72 students from Process Engineering and Electronic Engineering programs at the Universidad de Los Llanos participated in this study. They completed the Learning Styles Index questionnaire on the first day of class, and each week, teaching methods and class activities were aligned with one of the four learning dimensions of the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles Model. Lesson 1 focused on one side of a learning dimension, lesson 2 on the opposite side, and the tutorial session incorporated both. Quizzes and engagement surveys assessed short-term academic performance, whereas midterm and final exam results measured long-term performance. Paired t-tests, Cohen’s effect size, and two-way ANOVA showed that aligning teaching methods with learning styles improved students’short-term exam scores and engagement. However, multiple regression analysis indicated that study habits (specifically time spent studying, frequency, and scores on a custom-developed study quality survey) were much stronger predictors of midterm and final exam performance. Several machine learning models, including Random Forest and Voting Ensemble, were tested to predict academic performance using study behavior data. Voting Ensemble was found to be the strongest model, explaining 83% of the variance in final exam scores, with a mean absolute error of 3.18. Our findings suggest that, while learning style alignment improves short-term engagement and comprehension, effective study habits and time management play a more important role in long-term academic success.
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Esta es la versión aceptada del artículo. La versión registrada fue publicada por primera vez en IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 10978-11002, 2025, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3528263.
This is the accepted version of the article. The registered version was first published in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 10978–11002, 2025, and is available online at the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3528263.
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L. Genith Isaza Domínguez, A. Robles-Gómez and R. Pastor-Vargas, "A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 10978-11002, 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3528263
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Facultades y escuelas::E.T.S. de Ingeniería Informática
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Sistemas de Comunicación y Control