I intend this article especially for learning styles sceptics, as they have not (in my opinion) adequately addressed the fact that "we do not all make choices, reason, interpret our experience, or respond to our environment in the same way." Indeed, "far from being the exception, cognitive variation appears to be the rule." This article addresses the methodological questions around the phenomenon: "There is much work to be done refining strategies for navigating the uniformity/uniqueness dilemma and distinguishing between different types of cognitive variation." Individual differences impact how we observe, reason and learn, and these need to be taken into account by educators. Moreover, such differences raise questions "about whether human cognition is subject to systematic irrationalities," a.k.a. 'cognitive bias'. I've linked to the preprint; the published version is paywalled. Image: Fajar Kurniasih, Cognitive Variation in Language Learning.
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