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Is learning styles-based instruction effective? A comprehensive analysis of recent research on learning styles

Overview of attention for article published in Theory and Research in Education, October 2015
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#2 of 211)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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news
43 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
42 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
25 Redditors
podcasts
2 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
488 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Is learning styles-based instruction effective? A comprehensive analysis of recent research on learning styles
Published in
Theory and Research in Education, October 2015
DOI 10.1177/1477878515606621
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Unknown 482 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 58 12%
Student > Bachelor 39 8%
Lecturer 35 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 28 6%
Other 98 20%
Unknown 196 40%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 68 14%
Psychology 37 8%
Computer Science 25 5%
Arts and Humanities 23 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 3%
Other 115 24%
Unknown 206 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 394. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 September 2026.
All research outputs
#98,107
of 34,603,176 outputs
Outputs from Theory and Research in Education
#2
of 211 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#970
of 315,146 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Theory and Research in Education
#1
of 6 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,603,176 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 211 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 315,146 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 6 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them