When Associate Professor and Chemical Education Researcher Danaè Quirk Dorr noticed a correlation between student learning styles and achievement in her large organic chemistry course, she decided to ...

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The idea that we learn better when taught via our preferred modality or "learning style" – such as visually, orally, or by doing – is not supported by evidence. Nonetheless the concept remains hugely ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When I was at school, a fair amount of time was put into determining our "learning styles." Teachers told us that some people learn better ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created an educational environment that had never been seen before. Many students –– and instructors –– were abruptly forced to transition from traditional classroom learning to ...

When we hear the term style, we typically think of fashion. Seems pretty harmless, right? Unfortunately, the term style frequently gets applied to learning, and when applied in this way, it’s actually ...

I am used to feeling like an audience member in my professor’s lectures. Their passion for their research usually plays like a live YouTube video essay. Watching with attentiveness, I study to ...

The Life-Long Learning Free Lecture Series will present “Social Styles at Work and Play” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Noble Hall, Room 130, at Fort Lewis College. The lecture is free and open to ...

A couple of years ago, the science writer Ulrich Boser wondered: Do educators still believe in learning styles? The idea that some students are auditory learners, while others flourish by having ...

Each individual learns differently. What works for one person may not work for another. As any good educator knows, teaching one piece of content in different ways can have an instrumental impact on ...