Learning styles theory fails to explain learning and achievement: Recommendations for alternative approaches

D An, M Carr - Personality and Individual Differences, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

The scientific status of learning styles theories

DT Willingham, EM Hughes… - Teaching of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

On Learning Styles: A Conversation with Pat Guild.

R Brandt - Educational Leadership, 1990 - ERIC
Educators have three approaches to learning styles: focusing on the individual, using
comprehensive models to adapt instruction to major learning differences, and identifying key …

Learning styles: An overview of theories, models, and measures

S Cassidy* - Educational psychology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Although its origins have been traced back much further, research in the area of learning
style has been active for—at a conservative estimate—around four decades. During that …

[PDF][PDF] Learning style

R Dunn, K Dunn, GE Price - Journal of Education Strategies, 2009 - webs.um.es
Learning styles are a combination of many biological and experientially imposed
characteristics that contribute to concentration, each in its own way and all together as a unit …

Learning styles: Concepts and evidence

H Pashler, M McDaniel, D Rohrer… - … science in the public …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The term “learning styles” refers to the concept that individuals differ in regard to what mode
of instruction or study is most effective for them. Proponents of learning-style assessment …

Learning styles: A review of validity and usefulness.

Y Li, J Medwell, D Wray, L Wang, X Liu - Journal of Education and Training …, 2016 - ERIC
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 …

The myth of learning styles

C Riener, D Willingham - Change: The magazine of higher …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

An organization of learning styles theory and constructs.

L Curry - 1983 - ERIC
In; the past 3 years there has been a resurgence of interest in learning styles as applied to
education generally and to professions education in particular. For all this activity there are …

Towards a categorisation of cognitive styles and learning styles

S Rayner, R Riding - Educational psychology, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
This paper considers the construct,'style', in the study of individual differences and learning.
The origin and elaboration of learning style as a concept is discussed, tracing the influence …