"A Lot of Evidence Suggests That People Aren't Really One Certain Kind of Learner or Another"

"'Teachers like to think that they can reach every student, even struggling students, just by tailoring their instruction to match each student’s preferred learning format,' said Central Michigan University's Abby Knoll, a PhD student who has studied learning styles. (Students, meanwhile, like to blame their scholastic failures on their teacher’s failure to align their teaching style with their learning style.)
"Either way, 'by the time we get students at college,' said the Indiana University professor Polly Husmann, 'they've already been told "You're a visual learner."' Or aural, or what have you.
"The thing is, they're not."

Olga Khazan at The Atlantic discusses "The Myth of 'Learning Styles.'"