The Learning Styles Hypothesis and Meshing Hypothesis in Education
The concept of learning styles—particularly the Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic (VAK) or Visual-Auditory-Reading/Writing-Kinesthetic (VARK) model—has achieved widespread acceptance in educational settings globally. The underlying premise suggests that individuals possess preferred sensory modalities for processing information, and that matching instructional delivery to these preferences (the “meshing” or “matching” hypothesis) will optimize learning outcomes (Brown, 2023; Newton et al., 2021;…