If you’ve ever sat through a teaching seminar, you’ve probably heard a lecture about “learning styles.” Perhaps you were told that some students are visual learners, some are auditory learners, and ...

The recent Harvard report on grading practices has drawn a lot of attention from colleges and universities across the country ...

A new review by Swansea University reveals there is widespread belief, around the world, in a teaching method that is not only ineffective but may actually be harmful to learners. For decades ...

Students studying dietetics have a broader range of learning styles than the educators who teach them, according to research by a dietetics faculty member at BYU. Ann Mitchell, assistant teaching ...

In her recent article “The Bunk of Debunking Learning Styles,” Heather Wolpert-Gawron makes a plea for common sense in the face of research findings that contradict her direct observations of learning ...

CHICAGO — The education industry is nothing if not trend-driven, and sometimes fads manage to calcify into indisputable “facts” that spur backlash when challenged. Take the mini-revolt over the ...

We've all heard the theory that some students are visual learners, while others are auditory learners. And still other kids learn best when lessons involve movement. But should teachers target ...

A popular and long-standing theory in the field of education claims that people, and children especially, are more receptive to certain methods of learning. It states that people will often fall into ...

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...

Should academic libraries purchase popular nonfiction? Should academic libraries supply borrowers with the book format that matches their preferences and learning styles (paper, e-paper, or audio)?

Children have different styles of learning, and those styles may be inherited. Author Lauren Bradway explains the three types, and what to watch out for in your children. Newborns enter a world filled ...