Yeah, the myth persists because the idea of learning styles is intuitively appealing: people do have varying preferences for how they learn. The basic problems

Yeah, the myth persists because the idea of learning styles is intuitively appealing: people do have varying preferences for how they learn. The basic problems are that 1. evidence doesn’t support the hypothesis that people naturally cluster into distinct & consistent learning-style groups, and 2. someone’s preference isn’t necessarily what will be most effective for them.