It is complicated: Learning and teaching is not about “learning styles”
| dc.contributor.author | Lawrence, Breanna C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ntelioglou, Burcu Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Milford, Todd | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-30T15:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-30T15:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Learning styles is perhaps one of the most widespread and believed myths in education. The idea is based on the claim that all students can be classified according to their particular learning style, and that they learn best when teachers match instruction to the preferred style of the student. This popular theory has been proven false by many learning scientists. Learning styles theory reduces sophisticated and complex processes like teaching and learning into overly simple categories and labels students in ways that can limit their potential. Studies performed by scientists who study the brain and education have found that learning and teaching are much more complicated than simply matching teaching to a student’s learning style. | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lawrence, B. C., Ntelioglou, B. Y., & Milford, T. (2020). It is complicated: Learning and teaching is not about “learning styles.” Frontiers for Young Minds, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00110 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00110 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22319 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Frontiers for Young Minds | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | It is complicated: Learning and teaching is not about “learning styles” | |
| dc.type | Article |