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by ars 1478 days ago
That video is not convincing, at least for me, wrong style learning is more tiring. I can read a book about a subject all day, but I can only listen to about an hour of lecture a day.

I'll absorb the same amount - during that first hour, but after that nothing further is getting in my head.

Also the computerized thing about a diagram vs words isn't a learning style difference - both of those are visual, just one is more effective (obviously a diagram is better).

His on-the-street test is also bad, someone with a different style will, for example, say the image name out loud, if they need it auditory.

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What you say and the video says are not conflicting.

These are just personal preferences. There are no inherent style at the biological level. That's what "learning style" s are about.

I personally have found a combination of all (with more focus in applications and teaching the topic to others) works best for me.

> His on-the-street test is also bad

Agree. It was amusing in a bad way.