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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2021 · 40 MIN

Episode 90: The Learning Styles Myth: An Interview with Daniel Willingham

from Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files · host Michael Britt

Guess what? There's no such thing as "learning style" (the theory that each of us has a preferred way to learn new ideas. There are many supposed kinds of learning styles, such as a visual learning style, an auditory style, kinesthetic, etc.). Don't believe it? Neither did I at first. I was sure for a long time that I personally had a visual learning style. Now I'm not so sure anymore. Listen to what Dr. Daniel Willingham has to say on this topic.  

Guess what? There's no such thing as "learning style" (the theory that each of us has a preferred way to learn new ideas. There are many supposed kinds of learning styles, such as a visual learning style, an auditory style, kinesthetic, etc.). Don't believe it? Neither did I at first. I was sure for a long time that I personally had a visual learning style. Now I'm not so sure anymore. Listen to what Dr. Daniel Willingham has to say on this topic.

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