Date Posted: June 10, 2026

Author/s: Patrick Joseph M. Bonnevie, PTRP, MRS; Ron Andrei Ibanez,PTRP and Timothy Andrei Morris, PTRP

Background and Purpose: COVID 19 has greatly impacted higher education around the world. Teaching and learning are affected in 98% of all HEIs surveyed and are forced to transition to e-learning. According to studies, knowing the preferred learning style will aid in determining whether or not an activity will be beneficial. Students are regarded to be in a better position to make learning easier, more pleasant, and more effective after knowing their preferred learning style. The purpose of the study was to identify the majority of learning styles of Honey and Mumford’s within the FEU-NRMF’s School of Physical Therapy student population in the E-learning setting.

Methods: This descriptive research had 350 enrolled students from the School of Physical Therapy A.Y. 2021-2022 selected through convenience sampling. Accompanied by a informed consent form, the Honey and Mumford’s Learning Style questionnaire was distributed to the respondents through google forms. After data collection, results were interpreted via descriptive statistics.

Results: A majority (55%) of Physical Therapy students are highly inclined towards the Reflector type of learning style. By year level, the majority of the students favor a Reflector learning style as well. The inclined preference of learning style per year level are the following: 1st Year (110 students) – Reflector (60.90%), 2nd Year (24 students) – Reflector (54.16%), 3rd Year (36 students) – Reflector (44.44%), 4th Year (30 students) – Reflector (50%).

Discussion: Majority of medical students were prefer the Reflector Style of Learning. Reflectors are learners that contemplate what they learned and tend to solve a problem by analysing different points of view and gathering information as much as possible before arriving at an agreeable conclusion. Through virtual learning environment, learning activities can focus on problem based learning, presentation of the topic or content with different points of view, and discussion group to better aid these students.

Keywords:
e-learning, physical therapy