[simsla]

My "learning style" is a consequence of my attention span (I've got ADD). I tend to start thinking about tangents even (or especially) during the more interesting lectures. After 30mins I'm often hopelessly lost. Books (or video lectures for that matter) let me rewind when I "snap back" after those tangents.

My main point being: maybe learning styles don't exist in the traditional sense, but external factors (ADD being just one of them) can lead to another type of "learning styles" that manifest in effectively the same way.

[GolDDranks]

Yeah, you two are talking about different things. "Learning styles is a myth" refers to a very specific definition (that was used and defined in academic literature) of learning styles.

It doesn't mean that people won't learn differentially. It just means that specific model is wrong.

[tormeh]

Same. Lectures are useless to me. I also find books and equations generally boring. I can do it, but I have to overcome some kind of aversion, and when the author explains something I don't think is important I immediately go do something else. I suspect I'm a lost cause. I do much better with the random walk.