As a learning expert, I (Megan) still get asked about learning styles all the time. Recently I was chatting with a colleague and was excited to tell her that I’m getting through so many more books now that I’ve fully embraced audio books. She smiled at me and said, I think somewhat nervously, remind me again why learning styles isn’t a thing?
I get it! Learning styles is so tricky because it feels like it is real. In some ways it is—we have learning preferences. There IS more than one way to learn. It’s just that matching those preferences is not needed to maximize learning, and combining the various ways to learn helps everyone.
In this digest, a round-up of Learning Scientists resources and resources by others all about the myth of learning styles and the harm it can do to embrace this myth.
Learning Styles: A Misguided Attempt to Highlight Individual Differences in Learners by Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel
Source: The Learning Scientists — Read the full article on the original site ↗