During the past 30 years, a controversy has surfaced about the idea that different “learning styles” exist.  Some experts believe that students learn more through particular ways of studying such as: SEEING, HEARING, or DOING.  But others say that there is little evidence in current psychological research to support this idea.

Researchers have tried to develop tests to help identify learning styles.  So far, however, many of these tests have not proven to be “reliable,” since people come up with different results when they take the tests at different times.  According to Cromley (2000), “One problem with ‘learning styles’ tests is that they ask people how they prefer to learn.  They do not test how they actually learn best.”