Learning Styles: The Validating Evidence is Not There

Learning Styles: Here are some online resources about this Foo Foo/ Myth…

NPR covered this on August 29, 2011 – read and listen to short recording here.

Learning Styles – A Bridge to Nowhere?

There Is No Such Thing as “Learning Styles”
by Sigmund Tobias, Fordham University

Published in Summer 2001 in the CADDI Newsletter: Pursuing Performance – here – and in a post here:

Debunking the Myth – There Is No Such Thing As “Learning Styles”

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99 Seconds Session – Video – of Rob Foshay in 2000 at ISPI Conference

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From Ruth Clark, PhD –

 Evidence-Based Training: Debunking the Myth of Learning Styles  -a short summary of Ruth Clark’s book where she addresses the myth of learning styles.

From: http://learnstreaming.com/7-resources-explaining-the-learning-styles-myth/  –

also: http://clarktraining.com/blog/?p=26

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The Myth of Learning Styles – detailed article from Cedar Riener and Daniel Willingham  about why learning styles are a myth. From: http://learnstreaming.com/7-resources-explaining-the-learning-styles-myth/

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From Harold Stolovitch –

http://www.hsa-lps.com/Expert%20Q_%20A_Archive.htm

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From Will Thallheimer, PhD – http://www.willatworklearning.com/2010/02/learning-styles-reviewed-by-association-for-psychological-science-and-found-wanting.html

Will also is offering a $1,000.00 (US) reward to anyone who can “prove” impacting Learning via designing for Learning Styles preferences: http://www.willatworklearning.com/2006/08/learning_styles.html

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Video from Professor Daniel Willingham –

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From Clark Quinn : http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=166 – From: http://learnstreaming.com/7-resources-explaining-the-learning-styles-myth/ – and http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=387

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Learning Styles as Fortune Telling – Cammy Bean has a nice summary of her findings as she tries to better understand the role of learning styles in e-Learning. From: http://learnstreaming.com/7-resources-explaining-the-learning-styles-myth/

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Yes, There Are No Learning Styles – by Ellen Behrens

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Recent Neuroscience and Cognitive Research Findings on Cyber Learning – Richard E. Clark PhD – http://www.cogtech.usc.edu/publications/clark_aect_oct_28_2010.pdf

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Here is a page from a Google Search on “Learning Styles Evidence” – http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS327US327&q=Learning+Styles+evidence

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From APS – Association for Psychological Science – 2009

Learning Styles Debunked: There is No Evidence Supporting Auditory and Visual Learning, Psychologists Say – here.