Learning styles are like fashion trends – in one year, out the next. Some learning and development thought leaders think they matter, but one thinks they’re mostly hype. When planning a training ...

What is the best way for teachers to teach so students will really learn? That's an age-old question. Since the 1970s, one theory that has been popular among schoolteachers and pervasive in education ...

You have probably heard of them - you fill in a questionnaire to be told that you a 'visual learner' or an 'auditory learner,' a 'reflector' or a 'pragmatist,' a 'diverger' or a 'converger'? But ...

A new study reveals while most higher education faculty believe Learning Styles is an important approach for teaching, they don't actually use the pedagogical tool because it is fundamentally flawed.

The purpose of this study was to assess the learning style preferences of students enrolled in various allied health professional programs. Five professions were examined: nursing, physician assistant ...

Another key model is David Kolb’s learning theory, which sets out four learning styles based on a four-stage learning cycle. The theory is that concrete experiences provide the basis for reflective ...