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title: "Learning Styles — Debunked?"
url: "https://books.playgoventure.com/3/newsletter/55/learning-styles-debunked"
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# Learning Styles — Debunked?
You have probably heard this before.
That we learn best based on our preferred **learning style**:
* Visual
* Auditory
* Reading & Writing
* Kinesthetic
**Multiple intelligences** are also widely discussed:
* Spatial
* Musical
* Naturalist
* Linguistic
* Interpersonal
* Intrapersonal
* Bodily-Kinesthetic
* Logical-Mathematical
But are these concepts true and accurate?
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Not quite.
It seems that the concept of **learning styles** has become a **neuromyth** — a widely held belief of the results of brain research that may not be true.
Current thinking suggests that these original theories were _inaccurate_ or have been _misunderstood_— or both. And they are sometimes being _misrepresented_ even by those who have attempted to debunk them.
Modern Thinking
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A more modern and practical view seems to be this:
1. We each have different _**abilities**_ rather than _**styles**_.
2. Multiple _**methods**_ of delivery are always better.
3. Being _**focused**_ is of key importance while learning — another word for this might be _**engaged**_.
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