If you are in a mischievous mood and want to get a rise out of your favorite teachers or principals, send them a copy of "Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence," in Psychological Science in the ...

CHICAGO — The education industry is nothing if not trend-driven, and sometimes fads manage to calcify into indisputable “facts” that spur backlash when challenged. Take the mini-revolt over the recent ...

Thirty of the world’s most prestigious neuroscientists and developmental psychologists agree: The idea that there are different “learning styles” is a myth. It creates “a false impression of ...

The idea that each person has a particular learning style is a persistent myth in education. But new research provides more evidence that you won’t learn better in one modality than another. 27,625 ...

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 ...

I have written previously about the fact that the scientific evidence does not support the notion that different people have different inherent learning styles. Despite this fact, the concept remains ...

T he learning style myth: “Teaching someone to memorize something according to their preferred learning style, for example, does not result in a significant improvement in their ability to recall that ...