If you are interested in what's fact and what's not in the arena of learning styles, read what education guru—and author of Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom, a book I have recommended at least 100 times—Daniel Willingham has written. Excerpt from his blog post on the topic:
When I was first getting into education research (about 2005) I was surprised to find how many people--teachers and others--assumed that there was scientific evidence supporting learning styles. In 2009 I made a 7 minute video arguing that this evidence is lacking. (You can see the video here). In 2010, with Cedar Riener, I wrote an article for Change magazine on the topic.
Mostly because of the video I get a lot of emails about learning styles, so I though it might be useful to post Frequently Asked Questions, along with my answers.
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Note: Click to read a past post about learning styles which links to other posts I have written on the topic.
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