Introduction - Ronald R. Sims and Serbrenia J. Sims Part I. Introduction to learning styles Chapter 1. Learning styles: a review of the inventories - 1960s-2000s and the question of their actual uses inside and outside of the classroom - Leslie K. Hickcox Chapter 2. Learning styles: A review of english-language literature - Tas Bedford Part II. Higher education/adult learners and learning styles Chapter 3. Learning styles and learning spaces: a review of the multidisciplinary application of experiential learning theory in higher education - Alice Y. Kolb and David A. Kolb Chapter 4. Rationale and strategies for using kolb learning style theory in the classroom - Julie E. Sharp Chapter 5. Learning styles, disciplines and enhancing learning in higher education - Pauline Kneale, John Bradbeer and Mick Healey Chapter 6. Learning style composition of teams: implications for assessment - D. Christopher Kayes and Anna B. Kayes Chapter 7. Embracing diverse learning styles: inviting the whole self into learning through the arts, emotion, the body, and direct experience - Shannon Simonelli Chapter 8. Learning styles and higher education: no adult left behind - Karen Burke and Laura Shea Doolan Chapter 9. Teaching adult learners through a learning styles approach: an anecdotal reflection on 44 years of teaching experience - Bill Purkiss Part III. Accountability, diversity, training and learning styles Chapter 10. Learning styles, decontextualized testing, and the need for style-switching in minority students - Serbrenia J. Sims and Ronald R. Sims Chapter 11. One size doesn't fit all: achieving accountability through application of learning patterns - Donna W. Jorgensen Chapter 12. Connecting diversity to student learning and outcomes assessment - James A. Anderson Chapter 13. The field dependence/field independence learning styles: implications for adult student diversity, outcomes assessment and accountability - Blue Wooldridge and Melanie Haimes-Bartolf Chapter 14. Maximizing learning outcomes in training and development: the critical role of learning and learning styles - Ronald R. Sims and Serbrenia J. Sims