The investigation of the relationship between learning styles with academic performance, gender and academic major among high school students of Dezful

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between learning styles and academic performance, gender and academic major of high school students in Dezfool. This study was conducted based on correlation design. Four learning styles include divergent, convergent, assimilator, and accommodator were assessed. A number of 390 students (male and female) were chosen by stratified cluster sampling method. Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (1984) was used to evaluate learning style. To evaluate the academic performance, the students’ average scores were used. Results showed that there were no significant relationships between learning styles and academic performance. Additionally, it indicated that there was no deference between girls and boys in learning styles. Furthermore, there were significant relationships between learning styles and academic major of students.