Learning Styles

Kelly (2017) argued that students learn most effectively according to their personalleaning styles.
According to Sumner (2014), there are 3 types of learning and these are thefollowing: Auditory
Learners; Visual Learners; and Kinesthetic Learners

Auditory Learners

According to Fleming (2017), Auditory Learners are the one who retains the information more
thoroughly when the information is reinforced through sound. The methods can include anything from
using musical notes to memorize lists, to using voice recordings or through memorizing in the way
of chanting. These learners are good at writing responses to lectures they've heard and they're also
good at oral exams. 

Visual Learners

Roel (2016) said that the visual learning style are those learners who needs to see information to learn
it, and this "seeing" takes many forms like from spatial awareness, photographic memory, colour or
tone, brightness or contrast and other visual information. Also Visual learners typically do really well
in a modern classroom setting

Jennifer P. (2011), conducted a study with the title “Learning Styles and Their Effect on Student
Learning”. This study explains the different learning styles of students and their capacity to absorb
information from the lessons taught inside the classroom. This study also tackled the effects of the
different ways of learning like active, sensing, visual, and sequential learning. The general purpose of
the study is to inform the teachers 16 that most of the students have different ways of learning
which may affect the students’ learning experience. This study is beneficial to the researchers in
terms of raising awareness about the relationship between retention of information and learning
experiences of the students. This will be noted by the researchers as a guide for a better learning
experience for the population of the study

Mushwana (2000 ) states that in most of the schools, educators display a negative role such as late
coming, absenteeism and substance abuse. He further states that most of the teachers would go to
the classes without having prepared for the lessons and fail to report for the scheduled classes. He
also states that at times teachers do not attend their own periods but dish out notes and
homework’s without dealing with subject matter in class. Mushwana indicates that initiation
ceremonies and absenteeism during child maintenance grant pay days interfere with school work
and keep many Grade 12 learners away from school.

Absenteeism contributes negatively to poor academic performance of Grade 12 learners in most

schools. In the new dispensation, corporal punishment which had previously been an acceptable
means of disciplining learners was abolished and learners are made aware of their human rights
(Badenhorst, Steyn and Beukes, 2007). They indicate that the absence of corporal punishment
eroded the authority of teachers and principals to the point that the maintenance of proper
discipline as for now constitutes a thorny dilemma which impacts negatively on academic
performance of learners.