Teaching 'visual' learners using visual methods doesn't make any difference to how well they learn. There is a fairly simple explanation for why this might be.

Many students confuse a learning preference with inherent trait when really most learners benefit when new information is presented in multiple ways.

Types of Learning Styles: The Value in Holistic Strategies Traditionally, learning styles were broken into four main groups: visual, aural/auditory, read/write and kinesthetic. But some are taking a ...

A couple of years ago, the science writer Ulrich Boser wondered: Do educators still believe in learning styles? The idea that some students are auditory learners, while others flourish by having ...

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology, a new study reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency to convert ...

Teaching to different learning styles, such as visual or auditory, has become widely popular in education. As educators struggle to define effective 21st-century instruction, one practice that many ...

Most previous investigations on learning styles focused on classroom learning, and assessed whether instructional style impacted outcomes for different types of learners.

A new study offers further evidence against the "learning styles" theory—the idea that students can process information best when teachers tailor instruction to students' strengths.

Teaching 'visual' learners using visual methods doesn't make any difference to how well they learn. There is a fairly simple explanation for why this might be.