Scientific consensus: There is no preferred learning style.
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Are you a visual learner? Sorry, there is no such thing.

Gary Klein writes:

There is a widespread belief that each individual has a preferred learning style and learns better if instruction is tuned to that particular learning style. Boser (2019) found that 97% of the teachers and educators surveyed bought into this learning styles myth.

Most systematic reviews of the published research find little or no empirical evidence to support the belief that if you present instruction geared to a student’s learning style you improve their learning (Coffield, Moseley, Hall, & Ecclestone, 2004; Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, & Bjork, 2009; Willingham, Hughes, & Dobolyi, 2015).

Without deeply researching all the citations and meta-studies myself, I see scientific consensus there. I see no reason to distrust Klein.

Resolves YES if I still consider this the scientific consensus end of this year.

Resolves NO if I someone convinces me otherwise (e.g. Gary Klein omitted relevant stuff). Also, resolves NO if newer evidence comes up. However, a single study claiming otherwise is certainly not sufficient. Neither is a single scientist disagreeing.

This is inherently subjective. To quantify it a little further: There was a poll in 2012 which concluded: 83% of scientists in the field believe P≠NP. If someone can provide comparable evidence that less than 80% of psychologists would agree with Gary Klein here, I'll concede that there is no consensus and resolve NO.

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