Reading comprehension, learning styles and academic performance in university students

The objective of this study was to determine the relationships between Reading comprehension (Rc), Learning styles (Ls) and Academic Performance (Ap). The population consisted of 48 undergraduate students in Psychology from a Mexican university, the distribution was 36 (75%) women and 12 (25%) men, with an average age of 19.95 years. An ad hoc questionnaire was applied to them to evaluate the socio-academic characteristics, the Honey and Alonso Questionnaire of Learning Styles and the Reading comprehension Instrument for College students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis through non-parametric tests. From the results, globally in terms of Ls the group is located in the category “bad” and “regular” (47.9%); the literal level predominates in the “good” category and a predominantly reflective Ls (57.9%). It is concluded that there is a positive and significant relationship between Rc, the reflective Ls (rs = .323, p= .025) and Ap (rs = .399, P= .005). (AU)