Whenever I speak to audiences about the science of learning, as I’ve been doing a lot this fall, one topic always comes up in the Q&A; sessions that follow my talk: learning styles. Learning ...

You have probably heard of them - you fill in a questionnaire to be told that you a 'visual learner' or an 'auditory learner,' a 'reflector' or a 'pragmatist,' a 'diverger' or a 'converger'? But ...

A basic principle of education is that everyone learns at a different pace and has a different learning style. Visual learners learn best through diagrams, pictures, and reading text. Auditory ...

In You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner, the education scholar debunks the idea that everyone has an optimal “learning style.” What led you to this subject? I once had a student who wrote lesson plans ...

HAMBURG — Some people say they retain things best when they hear them. Others swear by reading, while some believe they only really grasp something if they can see it, or even touch it. And what about ...

For way too long, students were defined and confined by learning styles. It most likely all began as a positive move toward helping students grow as learners, but it was one of those times educators ...

Since 2010, academic and mainstream articles have been multiplying in the United States to denounce what some call the "sham" or "fallacy" of learning styles. Not that this concept does not cover ...

“There are many different type of athletes: some love a lot of daily feedback, some just want to work, some get very nervous prior to major competitions and just need assurance. Regardless, it is ...

Children have different styles of learning, and those styles may be inherited. Author Lauren Bradway explains the three types, and what to watch out for in your children. Newborns enter a world filled ...

Excellent post today from Derek Bruff, reporting on a talk by Linda Nilson titled “The Truth About Learning Styles”. Linda’s slides are Excellent post today from Derek Bruff, reporting on a talk by ...