The Biggest Myth In Education

My learning style is: being interested in the subject.

i'm a pressure learner, i only learn school material when there's severe stress and doubts about my future imposed on me

I took this VARK test in high school, and as a student who didn’t perform well, I was SOO excited to find out my learning style. I scored the exact same in all categories... seems like that wasn't the reason for my struggle. I realized that once I started taking online classes in college, I learned WAY better when I wasn't around my peers. I would make funny faces, talk out loud, gasp!, yell "what!?!," stick my tounge out, lay on the floor, walk around the room, etc. Not that I needed to have a classroom that allowed me to learn this way... but I needed to have no one else watch me learning this way. I love having a real instuctor, but not other students watching me. Now, I just simulate this by sitting at the front of the class, right in front of the teacher. No one sits in the front. Its always open. ❤

In school I found I learned best by writing things down because during tests i could remember myself writing it down. I don't think I have that learning style, I just think I was creating memories to look back on during my exams.

My learning style is: "oh sh*t tomorrow's the deadline"

Interesting. My learning style is: slow.

That’s not learning. That’s remembering. Which could be the challenge in education… because learning is not solely about remembering.

This was a reassuring video for me. I always thought that I didn't really have a learning style because it depends on the situation and material. When someone asks me that question, I usually reply with "visual" because in my memory, I tend to absorb textbook information better by reading than listening to it (and I cannot do audiobooks/podcasts). But I also remember countless times where I would read the same paragraph over and over again because I couldn't understand what was happening, and I end up having to look up a diagram, try to map it out myself, or even hear it out loud before it clicks. Thus, I never thought I was truly a visual learner, rather it was just the one that I tend to lean more into, but I definitely require a bit of everything for the best results. It's good to know there's nothing wrong with me haha. And side note, I never really understood what kinesthetic learning means when it's not like building/drawing/something active/etc. Like is doing practice problems in math or history considered "hands-on" ?

"I prefer to learn about things that I want to learn" - best learning style

“what kind of learner are you?” “a slow one…”

I have been a dog trainer for 10 years. I have always believe there are different learning styles and therefore present my training in a way that touches on all three. I demonstrate, explain, and give worksheets to every client. I have always done it this way to ensure the information is absorbed by my clients since I am not able to determine each and every clients learning style. Dog training really should be called people training. That said, I never realized this was a thing and it's called multimedia. I guess now I feel a bit silly for not realizing that. I have always felt like I understand new things best by a bit of everything. I like to hear it explained, see it done, take notes, read the instructions (or read about a topic), and try it for myself. I incorporate a lot of "experience" stories to clients to help them understand why something might be happening or what could happen if they do something a certain way. I loved this presentation on learning. This has definitely broadened my thoughts on the subject.

I agree I am a mixed learner. I like someone explaining & showing me, then letting me try it on my own. Now I do learn when this doesn't happen, ie. I'm only given oral instructions, but I find it comes easier/quicker for me if I can have it shown & explained, then try it myself. Plus the lesson sticks longer. For college & high school, I simply memorized by rote, usually visualizing the text book in my head, but as soon as the test was done, the information was gone, so I wouldn't call that a style of learning, since no true learning was being done.

"Most people would learn geography better with a map" That checks out

"how do you know you're a visual learner" "I don't, I just assumed." This guy learns

The interesting thing here is that, when i was a younger, i thought of myself as a visual/ kinesthetic learner in the sense that i needed to either see something physically happen or do it myself to internalize it. While there is certainly some truth to that for me, as I've gotten into college, i'm noticing exactly this - the best approach is a combination. Some things really sink in when you hear them, some when you see them, and some when you feel them, etc. The most beneficial thing is to take the same concept and approach it from so many perspectives that at least one sticks and to just continuously do that.

id say whether im interested in the topic or not matters more than how its presented to me

"How do you know that you're a visual learner?" "I don't. I just assume." I hope that guy knows just how perfect and precise that answer is.

To my mind, it's your attitude towards what you are learning that makes a difference, if you are interested and motivated to learn you will do your best to understand and find the right ways to remember essential information, I agree that a different material requires a different learning style. Sometimes I remember by visualizing pictures, and sometimes by listening, and more often by watching videos for example.

This makes so much sense, as I could never pick one specific learning style which worked best for me. For me, I always found I learn best when I have all three modalities of learning together, and separating them into individual categories just felt dumb, but I always played along with the surveys and picked one. I'm so glad I found this and now know I'm wasn't completely crazy.

The best way to learn something is being actually interested in the topic.