Study Skills Guide

General Study Skills Guide

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Study Skills Guide for Biology

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Learning Styles

Learning styles describes different ways that we collect, organize, process, and remember information. Learning styles are a popular concept in psychology and education, and group common ways that people learn. Despite the popularity of learning styles, research has found that matching teaching methods to learning styles had no influence on educational outcomes (Pashler, 2008). While this may seem like a useless concept to you at the moment,

At a minimum, 71 proposed learning styles schemes are in use (Coffield, 2004). Of these schemes, the VARK model (Fleming and Mills, 1992) is a popular learning style scheme that suggests four main types of learners:

Visual Learner

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Auditory Learner

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Verbal Learner

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Kinesthetic Learner

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Time Management

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Note Taking Skills

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Textbook Reading Skills

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Primary Literature Reading Skills

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Additional Study Skills Guide Resources

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Literature Cited

1.  Coffield, F., Moseley, D., Hall, E., and Ecclestone, K. (2004). Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning. A systematic and critical
   review. London: Learning and Skills Research Centre.
2. Fleming, N. and Mills, C. (1992). Not Another Inventory, Rather a Catalyst for Reflection. To Improve the Academy, 11(1), pp.137–155.
3. Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., and Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological Science in the Public Interest. 9.3 103-119.