Think You’re An Auditory Or Visual Learner? Scientists Say It’s Unlikely
Often in the DebateFaith Stickam Group chat I hear people expound on how they are “visual learners”. They say it almost as an excuse for not having learned basic scientific knowledge. A new study that looked for actual evidence of this difference in learning types found little if any evidence to support it.
When he reviewed studies of learning styles, he found no scientific evidence backing up the idea. “We have not found evidence from a randomized control trial supporting any of these,” he says, “and until such evidence exists we don’t recommend that they be used.”
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