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    Learning styles are only a preference. They do not indicate the effectiveness of a teaching method.
    – Anonymous Physicist
    Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 21:26
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    yes, you have a valid point. But I think if some if there are more types of the same material, it does help the individual learn in a more efficient way. But I guess this also goes into educational theory and personal or intellectual opinions on the topic.
    – Genevie
    Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 21:39
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    "Learning styles" is quackery, not science. Please don't propagate harmful myths.
    – 410 gone
    Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 22:11
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    @EnergyNumbers, quackery may be too strong a word. Learning styles are preferences, and those preferences appear very consistently in experiments. Businesses that promote learning styles as a useful tool may be dishonest, though.
    – Anonymous Physicist
    Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 23:21
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    @AnonymousPhysicist: The answer isn't just stating that learning styles exist as preferences, it's claiming that catering to them is educationally beneficial. That isn't true. See Pashler et al., "Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence," psi.sagepub.com/content/9/3/105.abstract .
    – user1482
    Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 0:12