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Learning Style Preferences & Course Performance of Phase I MBBS Students
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Instructional methods in medical education are largely teacher centered rather than being student centered¬ much attention is being given to the learning preferences of student. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic (VARK), sensory modality tool and course performance in the subject of physiology
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Learning Style, Learning Preferences, VARK, Active Learning
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