The Problem With "Learning Styles" - Scientific American - The Diigo Meta page

• 11 Sep 22
  

  Alicia Cundell

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  Susie Highley

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  • To explore this possibility, Hussman and O’Loughlin asked students enrolled in an anatomy class to complete an online learning styles assessment and answer questions about their study strategies. More than 400 students completed the VARK (visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic) learning styles evaluation and reported details about the techniques they used for mastering material outside of class (e.g., flash cards, review of lecture notes, anatomy coloring books). Researchers also tracked their performance in both the lecture and lab components of the course.
  • Despite knowing their own, self-reported learning preferences, nearly 70% of students failed to employ study techniques that supported those preferences. Most visual learners did not rely heavily on visual strategies (e.g., diagrams, graphics), nor did most reading/writing learners rely predominantly on reading strategies (e.g., review of notes or textbook), and so on.
  • Perhaps the best students do. Nearly a third of the students in the study did choose strategies that were consistent with their reported learning style. Did that pay off? In a word, no. Students whose study strategies aligned with their VARK scores performed no better in either the lecture or lab component of the course.

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• 16 Jul 19
  

  Diana Dell

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  castlerock6

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  laurameoli

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  mglandt

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  • Just because a notion is popular, however, doesn’t make it true.
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  Sibrenne Wagenaar

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• 20 Jun 18
  

  laurynluckeroth

  Article about research with learning styles

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• 18 Jun 18
  

  Ian Guest

  "There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies"

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  J.Randolph Radney
  • A recent review of the scientific literature on learning styles found scant evidence to clearly support the idea that outcomes are best when instructional techniques align with individuals’ learning styles. In fact, there are several studies that contradict this belief. It is clear that people have a strong sense of their own learning preferences (e.g., visual, kinesthetic, intuitive), but it is less clear that these preferences matter.
  • Although students believe that learning preferences influence performance, this research affirms the mounting evidence that they do not, even when students are mastering information on their own.
  • cognitive science has identified a number of methods to enhance knowledge acquisition, and these techniques have fairly universal benefit. Students are more successful when they space out their study sessions over time, experience the material in multiple modalities, test themselves on the material as part of their study practices, and elaborate on material to make meaningful connections rather than engaging in activities that involve simple repetition of information (e.g., making flashcards or recopying notes).

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• 11 Jun 18
  

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  Roger Stone

  Research showing that students often do not chose study methods that align with their self-identified learning styles and even if they do, their results are not better

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  Ian Dolphin

  Another clear message, no proof for learning styles https://t.co/GwurtX3GVP

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• 08 Jun 18
  

  Alejandro Tortolini

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• 02 Jun 18
  

  Phillip Long

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• 01 Jun 18
  

  Mike taylor

  And again ... https://t.co/UvjUUXTNGu
  This. This over and over until stakeholders stop asking for them. SO much solid cog psych evidence against. https://t.co/dsNwSIOrky
  Excellent article. This is why I am a David Kolb fan and employ his experiential learning theory approach when teaching/designing instruction. "Learning styles" is misunderstood and grossly misused. https://t.co/Tlf7qwX6ta

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• 31 May 18
  

  Catherine Lombardozzi

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  Tony Borash

  When you gain new knowledge about your own learning, what you do with that matters. #ALPlearn https://t.co/QtGAwFjrYm
  
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  Clare Gormley

  #FakeNews #NoEvidence #LearningStyles: “Just because a notion is popular, however, doesn’t make it true. https://t.co/Bt6uLbrdOF

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  craftjen

  The notion that people learn in different ways is a pervasive belief in American culture. But that doesn’t make it true. https://t.co/ybVEM6aQwu

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  juan domingo farnos

  The problem with "learning styles” from @sciam Scientific American https://t.co/LFjss04wnz "There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies"

• 30 May 18
  

  Doug Peterson

  The Problem with "Learning Styles" - Scientific American https://t.co/bCcKrqfQdJ
  
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  The problem with "learning styles” from @sciam Scientific American https://t.co/LFjss04wnz "There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies"

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