A Comparison between the Effect of Interactive and Non-Interactive Media on Learning Styles of Secondary Students

The object of this research was to compare the effect of education based on interactional media and that based on non-interactional media on student learning styles. The research method was semi-experimental by pretest and posttest design with control group. Statistical population included all high school students in Babol city in 2013. 160 students were selected by multi-stage random selection as sample and divided into two groups of experimental and control. The experimental group received education through interactional media including educational software of ActivInspire، intelligent board and educational PowerPoint، whereas the control group received traditional education and did not receive interactional media. The research instrument was Kolb learning style questionnaire. SPSS software، version 16 and covariance test were used for data analysis. The result showed that in posttest stage، the score for learning style had increased meaningfully in experimental group compared to control group. In general، the results revealed that education based on interactive media did have more effects on convergent، divergent، absorbent and adaptable learning styles in students compared to education based on non-interactive media.