Figure 1

A tentative categorization of a number of style theories into five co-ordinate categories. Note. Brackets (…) indicate author initials for the reference works that places the particular style theory in the five categories respectively: J&G = Jonassen and Grabowski (1993), R&R = Rayner and Riding (1997), C = Coffield et al. (2004), S&G = Sternberg and Grigorenko (2001). b) (*) indicates agreement on the placing of a particular theory across the four reference works mentioned above. (bold author initials) indicate that the author through intensive reading of the particular theory found that this is the placing indicated by the theorist originator himself/herself: G = Gregorc (1982, 1998), S = Sternberg (1988, 1997), D&D = Dunn and Dunn (1993), K = Kolb (1984), Vermunt (1998).