I believe that learners have individual learning style preferences.  I also believe that content lends itself to being taught a certain way.  For example, it would be very difficult to teach art without using visual, music without sound, or something like CPR without demonstration and hands on.  I think students should understand where their strengths lie, but not be handicapped by them.  We use many different evaluation and assessment methods in our program.  We would be doing our students a great disservice if we only evaluated them based upon their learning style preferences, as the text describes.  Upon completion of our program, the  students must sit for a national registry in order to become registered technologists.  This is a 200 plus, multiple choice question examination.  The answers to the questions are not up for debate.  There is only one correct answer.  According to the text, this is great for the auditory learner, not so good for the visual or tactile learners.  However, because the students have been exposed to these types of evaluations throughout the program, they are prepared to take this examination.  We have had 100% first time pass rate for the previous five years or so, and this year we were 95%.  I think because the students are evaluated in many different ways, as described in the text, they are prepared not only for the registry, but for work in the “real world” setting.  In conclusion, I do not think it is a good idea to only evaluate and assess based upon a student’s learning style preference.