In her recent article “The Bunk of Debunking Learning Styles,” Heather Wolpert-Gawron makes a plea for common sense in the face of research findings that contradict her direct observations of learning ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the type of learner who needs to see information laid out visually to understand how it fits together. It’s how I best retain information. I guess I’m just one ...

Imagine that a struggling college freshman confides in you that they are having difficulty learning the material in one of their classes. When you ask what specific problems they are having, the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The notion of "learning styles"-- that ...

Eminent academics from worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology voice concerns over popularity of method Teaching children according to their individual “learning style” does not achieve ...

When it comes to home projects, I am a step-by-step kind of girl. I read the instructions from start to finish, and then reread and execute each step. My husband, on the other hand, prefers to study ...

We all respond best to different ways of learning. Based on that, the seven learning styles are the result of a theory that focuses on the fact people learn in different ways. Each style is tailored ...

The VAK learning styles myth rests on three problematic assumptions (e.g., Kirschner, 2016), each having research to refute them. Assumption 1: The learner has a dominant sensory modality. This ...