Cainntear wrote:plnelson wrote:Different people have different learning styles
This is actually a massively controversial statement. There is no proof whatsoever for the existence of learning styles.
To expand on this, correctly stated, different people have different preferences for learning styles. They actually don't have different learning styles in terms of effectiveness. There is no evidence for differential effectiveness of methods which cater to people's preferred learning styles. For example, if you are a self-professed visual learner, you will in general learn no better or worse using visual methods than auditory methods, and the same is true for a self-professed auditory learner. It's just that you like the visual approach better. You can of course just stick with what you're comfortable with, but it can be eye-opening to try other, less familiar and comfortable, learning styles.