There are two very broad classes of learning style theory; the article addresses one. Variants of this theory are basically a distillation of the near-obvious: Our brain gets information from our five senses, so use the five senses for inputs. Makes sense, but I was underwhelmed when I was first introduced to learning styles as a pedagogical tool.

But there is a second type, a more cognitive approach, that is very interesting. This approach deals with the way the information is organized in our brains. As an example of a contrast between these two styles, for the first type "reading" is a visual activity, whereas for the second type it is a "verbal" activity. The second set of theories also differ between those that learn in a linear fashion (sequentially) and those that need to see the organizational structure of a large part of a subject before they can make sense of it (global learners).

Here is a very good site about the second type of theory (my favorite of all I've seen, actually). http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILS...

I am excited by the trends in medical brain imaging to see if these differences (the second class) will be able to be detected, but (somewhat sadly) I have to agree with the author that the evidence is still lacking.

I'm not, however, ready to throw it out yet.