Learning Styles

Learning styles don't exist
Claims:

1. Not three ways of learning, but rather three ways of storing information.

2. Not recalling what we see or hear, but the meanings behind the information.

3. If you already believe in a theory, you're more likely to accept any situation the might prove the theory.

Multiple Intelligence
Claims:

1. Human beings have different kinds of intellectual strengths.

2. Everything can be taught in more than one way.

3. Students need to be taught to think scientifically.

My Opinion
Based on the two videos I watched, I still believe that there is some credit to learning styles. Just from personal experience, I can say I learn better in my chemistry labs than I do during the lectures. I've always been better with hands on activities. While I know it would be impossible to teach things like geography just by speaking, there are still a multitude of ways learning styles can be utilized. Perhaps I'm just sticking behind it because I've always believed it, but it just makes sense to me. Multiple  Intelligence also makes sense to me because I've seen students with different strengths and weaknesses all throughout my educational career.