There’s a popular theory about learning styles: Some people are visual learners, for example, while others do better with audio. But is there any evidence to support the theory?
Apparently not. Preferred learning style doesn’t appear to impact people’s ability to learn, one way or another.
Interestingly, the article I linked to mentions a couple of approaches to teaching that seem to work better, and I plan to look them up (a multimodal approach and an active learning “flipped classroom” style).
Bright Across the Lifespan 