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MINEIRO, Márcia  e  D’AVILA, Cristina. How university students learn? Case study about strategies and styles of learning. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.64, pp.93-122.  Epub 22-Abr-2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.20.064.ds05.

This article has as central subject the learning styles in higher educational context. Its main objective is to analyse comprehensively the learning strategies referred by accounting students in a Public University in Bahia inferring about their preferential learning styles. It has as specific objectives to identify the preferential strategies and to infer about the students prevalent learning styles. It is believed that the material produced after reaching the objectives can serve as an aid to inherent didactic mediation´s choices aiming an emancipatory teaching in a university context. It is supported by the literature concerned with learning styles, which is consistent with adult learning, as well as significant learning theory. The research has a qualitative interpretative approach, adopting as a procedural method a single instrumental case study. A mixed electronic questionnaire and focus group were used for the data’s production that were analyzed by French content analysis with posteriori categories. It was found the prevalent strategies, which being congruent with the varied subjective learning styles throughout the academic life of the researched students may foster better conditions to learn and act assertively in society, it was also concluded that the social-emotional aspect influences the learning styles and in their preferences.

Palavras-chave : Learning; Learning styles; Higher education.

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