A Reply to Reynolds's Critique of Learning Style

In 1997 Reynolds presented a critique of learning styles in which he lamented the readiness of practitioners to embrace instruments such as the Learning Styles Questionnaire and argued for learning styles and other forms of labelling to be discontinued. It is the contention of this reply that Reynolds may have conflated the concepts of learning styles, learning strategies and cognitive style. While learning style may be a term rendered somewhat meaningless and potentially redundant by over-usage and a weak theoretical base, the notions of cognitive style (for which there is growing empirical and physiological evidence) and learning strategy are valid concepts which managerial learning should incorporate into its pedagogy.