Poster #28 - Research Matters — Let Learning Styles Go: Results From an Empirical Investigation With Middle Schoolers

• In Event: 64.090 - MTCC Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: 64.090-4 - Brain, Neuroscience, and Education: Emotion, Music, Learning Styles, and Special Education

Abstract

We investigated the effect of learning style preference (auditory or visual) on 5th-grade students’ learning outcomes. Results failed to find a significant relationship between learning style preference and comprehension. Consistent with earlier findings with adults (Author, 2015), the results showed that students with a visual learning style scored higher than those with an auditory learning style. Counter to current educational practices, educators may actually be doing a disservice to students, specifically those with a preferred auditory learning style, by using resources to determine learning style and then tailoring the curriculum to mesh with that learning style.

Author

• Beth A. Rogowsky, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania