Matching learning style to instructional method: Effects on comprehension
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What it found
Following the test design Pashler and colleagues called for, adults' auditory or visual learning-style preferences did not predict their listening or reading comprehension, and learning from an audiobook or an e-text did not work better for people whose preference matched it, either immediately or two weeks later.
What kind of study it is
- Design
- Lab experiment
- Weight
- A lab or small classroom experiment: rigorous, but too small or too short to count as a school trial.
- Sample
- College-educated adults, randomly assigned to a digital audiobook or e-text of the same nonfiction
- Who
- College students
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Rogowsky, B. A., Calhoun, B. M., & Tallal, P. (2015). Matching learning style to instructional method: Effects on comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(1), 64–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037478
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