Evaluating Learning Styles

The learning styles approach recognises that everyone learns in the same way

• True

• False

What is the name for someone who prefers to deal with images than words?

• Verbaliser

• Visualiser

• Kinaesthetic learner

• Imagiser

A kinaesthetic learner would rather watch someone else do a demonstration than do something physical themselves

• True

• False

What is a strength of learning styles?

• There is no experimental evidence

• There are too many different learning styles

• It could encourage teachers to use a more varied approach

• There is a lot of supporting evidence

What did Pashler et al (2008) find after reviewing a large number of articles on learning styles?

• There is no experimental evidence that it improves performance

• There is some experimental evidence that it improves performance

• There is a lot of experimental evidence that it improves performance

• There are too many different learning styles

Everyone agrees that there are 3 easily identifiable learning styles

• True

• False

How many learning style models did Coffield (2004) identify?

• 3

• 67

• 71

• 79