{"id":7164,"date":"2018-12-08T10:17:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2018-12-08T10:17:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T17:17:16","slug":"worth-sharing-another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-learning-styles-students-did-not-benefit-from-studying-according-to-their-supposed-learning-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/12\/08\/worth-sharing-another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-learning-styles-students-did-not-benefit-from-studying-according-to-their-supposed-learning-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: \u201cAnother nail in the coffin for learning styles\u201d \u2013\u00a0students did not benefit from studying according to their supposed learning style"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>I am glad to see more evidence against this notion. It&#8217;s almost always a good idea to provide learning material in a variety of forms, but that&#8217;s not the same as &#8220;learning styles&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/digest.bps.org.uk\/2018\/04\/03\/another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-learning-styles-students-did-not-benefit-from-studying-according-to-their-supposed-learning-style\/amp\/\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/34372257313_7291897a62_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>It may now be time to bury the learning styles myth once and for all. By Christian Jarrett<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/digest.bps.org.uk\/2018\/04\/03\/another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-learning-styles-students-did-not-benefit-from-studying-according-to-their-supposed-learning-style\/\">\u201cAnother nail in the coffin for learning styles\u201d \u2013\u00a0students did not benefit from studying according to their supposed learning style<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-7164'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7164);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7164);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(7164);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I am glad to see more evidence against this notion. It&#8217;s almost always a good idea to provide learning material in a variety of forms, but that&#8217;s not the same as &#8220;learning styles&#8221;. \u00a0It may now be time to bury &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/12\/08\/worth-sharing-another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-learning-styles-students-did-not-benefit-from-studying-according-to-their-supposed-learning-style\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,423,9,369,24],"tags":[41,389,16,393],"class_list":["post-7164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-assessment","category-educational-technology","category-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-instructional-design","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1Ry","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4581,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/12\/23\/skeptic-insight-the-myth-of-learning-styles\/","url_meta":{"origin":7164,"position":0},"title":"Skeptic \u00bb Insight \u00bb The Myth of Learning Styles","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Learning styles are such a popular myth. 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