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This might be a bit of a tangent, but "learning styles" have very little supporting evidence (if any): http://www.danielwillingham.com/learning-styles-faq.html

This might be a bit of a tangent, but "learning styles" have very little supporting evidence (if any): http://www.danielwillingham.com/learning-styles-faq.html http://www.danielwillingham.com/learning-styles-faq.html Just to be clear: I have absolutely no doubt that having ADHD will impact your ability to sit through lectures -- I'm just commenting on the generalisation to "learning styles". And, yes: CS has very little to do with actual programming unless you actively work towards that in terms of your chosen niche of programming.

ZoF 13y ago
If by 'learning styles' you mean the formalized definitions of the term by educational theorists, sure those lack evidence... I think the parent comment was using the literal definition though; that is to say he meant that people learn in different ways. Are you saying that you think there's little supporting evidence that people have different styles in which they learn? I would assume not as that would be a pretty ludicrous world-view; especially considering the article you linked even concedes that kids learn differently. The only point of that article really was to point out the flaws in forming groups of children based on learning style; not because people don't learn differently, but because any 'learning style' categorizations thus far haven't been proven sufficiently meaningful. In summary, you have no reason to call him out on something he isn't even promoting.