Learning Styles : Factors Affecting Information Behavior of Thai Youths

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relation of Thai youth's learning styles and their information behavior in the age of rapidly developing ICT that affects the informational environment. This study was a qualitative research study using theoretical sampling to select study areas and 30 participants who were in the last three years of their large high school. Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scale was used to determine students' learning styles. The results indicated that learning styles slightly affected information behavior since the collaborative learning of Thai youths was to share the task. Information behavior, thus, was at an individual level.