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The Learning Styles Myth

Association eLearning

Some time ago, a colleague of mine wrote a blog called Learning Myths: Debunked , in which he stated that learning styles is a myth. Having obtained a degree in Elementary Education, I was shocked and still skeptical that learning styles was indeed a myth.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Styles as Fortune Telling

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, May 21, 2007 Learning Styles as Fortune Telling My research into understanding the role of learning styles in e-Learning continues. Reliability of learning styles test is generally pretty low.

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Daily Bookmarks 09/01/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning. Book-length literature review on learning styles research, concluding that the usefulness of learning styles of pedagogy depends greatly on what model you use. Should we be using learning styles? What research has to say to practice.

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Daily Bookmarks 08/29/2008

Experiencing eLearning

YouTube - Learning Styles Don’t Exist. A cognitive psychologist argues that learning styles, as the theory is generally understood, don’t exist and aren’t supported by research. tags: learningstyles , education , cogpsych. tags: learningstyles , education , cogpsych.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/19/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Examines what cognitive science actually tells us about different learning styles and argues that the best answer is to choose the modality that best suits the content rather than adapting to the student. tags: learning , cognition , learningstyles , research , education.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Styles

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 10, 2007 Learning Styles In 1996, when I first started working as an "instructional designer", I was taught about learning styles. This time, I scored stronger on auditory than visual.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: More on Learning Styles

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. The whole Learning Styles controversy just wont go away; its an entrenched theory at all levels in the education and e-learning field. And there are people making a business out of it. My emphasis added in bold].