Learning styles in education are the systematic differences in individuals’ natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information in learning situations. A core concept is that individuals differ in how they learn. The idea of individualized learning styles originated in the 1970s, and has greatly influenced education.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles
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