Abstract:
Nowadays, Indonesian educational institutions were led to use Competence Based Curriculum (CBC)
to produce high quality of human resources. Nursing Department of Hang Tuah Pekanbaru Health
Science School (STIKES Hang Tuah Pekanbaru) has implemented CBC since academic year
2013/2014. It was referred to the theory of Faye Glenn Abdellah in relation to market needs. Teaching
method used in CBC is Student Centered Learning (SCL) in which students should be more active in
finding all information about learning topic independently. It is further to describe students’ learning
style. The aim of this study was then to identify students’ learning style of using CBC in Nursing
Department of STIKES Hang Tuah Pekanbaru. This research used descriptive quantitative to 116
samples (students) who applied CBC in the academic year 2013/2014 in which the researcher used
total sampling as the sampling technique. Instrument used was questionnaire consisting 24 questions.
In analyzing the data, the researcher used frequency distribution. In the finding, the researcher found
that 45.2% students used visual learning style, 40.9% used auditory learning style and 13.9% used
kinesthetics learning style. Derived from the finding, it is suggested that lecturer should ideally
consider students’ learning style in teaching using SCL method. Also, suggestion was addressed to
school management to provide a sufficient facilities to support teaching and learning process.
