A Validity and Reliability Study of Grasha- Riechmann Student Learning Style Scale

The reliability of the tools developed to learn the learning styles is essential to find out students- learning styles trustworthily. For this purpose, the psychometric features of Grasha- Riechman Student Learning Style Inventory developed by Grasha was studied to contribute to this field. The study was carried out on 6th, 7th, and 8th graders of 10 primary education schools in Konya. The inventory was applied twice with an interval of one month, and according to the data of this application, the reliability coefficient numbers of the 6 sub-dimensions pointed in the theory of the inventory was found to be medium. Besides, it was found that the inventory does not have a structure with 6 factors for both Mathematics and English courses as represented in the theory.

Authors:

• Yaşar Baykul
• Musa Gürsel
• Hacı Sulak
• Erhan Ertekin
• Ersen Yazıcı
• Osman Dülger
• Yasin Aslan
• Kağan Büyükkarcı

Keywords:

• Learning styles
• Grasha-Riechmann
• reliability
• validity.

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