So in claiming that learning styles do not exist, we are not saying that all learners are the
same. Rather, we assert that a certain number of dimensions (ability, background …

As every teacher discovers, no two students approach learning in exactly the same way.
Some get more from visual imagery while others prefer verbal explanations; some tend to try …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a multiple approaches to explaining and predicting
individual differences in learning. First, this article briefly reviews critical problems with …

In the last 30 or 40 years, a number of educators have proposed that teaching would be
more effective if faculty members took account of differences in students' learning styles. A …

W hile learning style has become a popular topic only in the past decade-particularly the
past five years-it involves few new ideas. Primarily, what we have is simply a reevaluation …

Theories of learning styles suggest that individuals think and learn best in different ways.
These are not differences of ability but rather preferences for processing certain types of …

The debate about learning styles has been on going for nearly half a century, many
researchers have categorised them into style families. For some reasons, VAK is the most …

We all differ from each other in a multitude of ways, and as such we also prefer many
different things whether it is music, food or learning. Because of this, many students, parents …

Editor's Note: Rita Dunn, an authority on learning styles, is a professor in the Division of
Administrative and Instructional Leader-ship and the director of the Center for the Study of …

A learning style is not in itself an ability but rather a preferred way of using one's abilities
(Sternberg 1994). Individuals have different learning styles, that is, they differ in their 'natural …