The matching problem is also connected with the problem of learning style questionnaires.
Instruments or questionnaires like Learning Style Inventory of Dunn et al. are a self-report on
which basis a teacher is to decide on visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learning style. Yet, a child
self-assessed responses to such statements like: “When I read instructions, I remember them
better” [V], “I learn better in class when the teacher gives a lecture” [A], or “I prefer to learn by
doing something in class” [K] (Reid 203) do not give us any profound diagnostic facts about
a child (Sharp et al. 91; Snook 5; Hastings par. 5). It is disputable whether self-report measures
are really objective. Learners have a rather limited ability to objectively self-assess their
behaviour and attitudes in an educational process (Coffield et al. 33).