This study investigated the basic perceptual learning style preferences (au
ditory! visual, kinesthetic, and tactile) and preferences for group and ind
ividual learning of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese students and comp
ared them with those of White students. This study found significant ethnic
group differences in the learning style preferences of Southeast Asian and
White students as well as significant differences within diverse Southeast
Asian groups. But this study did not confirm any gender differences or stu
dents' achievement level differences. Southeast Asian students' learning st
yles were not related to their nativity or their length of residence in the
United States or their placement in English as a second language classes.