VAK or VAK-uous? Towards the trivialisation of learning and the death of scholarship

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-314

  Sharp, John G ^a   Bowker, Rob ^b   Byrne, Jenny ^c  

^a BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated learning; Brain based learning; Learning styles; VAK

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954280664     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701755416     Document Type: Article

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