The Relationship between Self-Organized Learning Strategies and Brain Dominance Patterns among um Al-Qura University Students

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the level of self-organized learning strategies for a sample of um Al-Qura University students and their relationship to cerebral dominance patterns, and if there are differences according to the student's gender in these strategies. Purdie Self-Organized Learning Strategies Scale and Herman's Cerebral Sovereignty Patterns Scale were applied to a stratified random sample consisted of (377) male and female students. After statistical treatment, the results showed a high level of learning strategy, except for the record-keeping and monitoring strategy that came within the intermediate level. Also, there are no significant differences according to gender in all strategies except on the record-keeping and monitoring strategy in favor of females. The results also reached the dominant brain pattern in the study sample, which is type (B) and came within the high level and all other patterns within the intermediate level, and there are no significant differences for sex except on the type (C) in favor of females. It also showed a positive relationship between structured learning strategies and brain type (B) and medium to weak between structured learning strategies and brain type (D).