Effect of visual thinking strategies on observation sklills of 4th grade students in relation to their learning styles

The present study examined the effect of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) on observation skills in relation to their learning style. The sample of the study was consisting of randomly selected 200 students of 4th grade from 10 C.B.S.E. schools of Mohali City. Two groups were prepared- experimental group and control group, where experimental group was taught with the Visual Thinking Strategies and the control group was taught by the conventional method of teaching-learning. For the data collection, Observation Skills Scale was developed by investigator. Analysis by t-test revealed that the students with audio learning style and with visual learning style, taught through Visual Thinking Strategies which resulted in more problem solving skills and observation skills than the students taught through traditional strategies.