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Models of Learning Styles

There are many models used to describe learning styles. Below you will find a number of them grouped according to Curry's "onion" model (see Claxton & Murrell, Learning Styles ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report #4 (1987). This model arranges learning style models from those that focus on external conditions to those that are based on personality theory.

For a brief overview, read the CIRT report,
"Using Learning Styles to Adapt Technology to Higher Education" (subsections listed below)

  1. Having a Personal Point of View or why there are learning styles.
  2. Learning Styles in Higher Education
  3. Types of Learning Styles
  4. Using Styles to Teach
  5. Applying Computer Technologies

Below are listed major authors according to the general categories presented in Claxton and Murrell.

Instructional Preferences

Social Interaction Models

Information Processing

Personality Levels

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