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2017

East Tennessee State University

Higher Education

Physical therapy

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Learning Styles Of Physical Therapy And Physical Therapy Assistant Students In Accredited Physical Therapy Programs, Margaret Lowdermilk, Jim Lampley, Stephanie Tweed, Sandra A. Lampley Oct 2017

Learning Styles Of Physical Therapy And Physical Therapy Assistant Students In Accredited Physical Therapy Programs, Margaret Lowdermilk, Jim Lampley, Stephanie Tweed, Sandra A. Lampley

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The purpose of this study was to determine the learning styles of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students and associate degree Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) students and identify any association between their learning styles and examine the association between gender and age by learning style. Participants included 337 DPT and PTA students attending CAPTE accredited institutions with doctoral DPT or associate PTA programs in Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The Felder (1996) and Soloman Index of Learning Styles (ILS) was used to determine learning style preferences within 4 learning style dimensions (active-reflective, sensing-intuitive, visual-verbal, and sequentialglobal). Demographics included program of study, …


Learning Styles Of Physical Therapy And Physical Therapy Assistant Students In Accredited Physical Therapy Programs, Margaret Lowdermilk, James Lampley, Stephanie R. Tweed, Sandra A. Lampley Jan 2017

Learning Styles Of Physical Therapy And Physical Therapy Assistant Students In Accredited Physical Therapy Programs, Margaret Lowdermilk, James Lampley, Stephanie R. Tweed, Sandra A. Lampley

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Abstract is available to download.