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Aracely Janett Maravi Cabrera
Edith Roxana Muñoz Echevarría
Yubel Mayela Carrasco Nuñez
Luis Alejandro Calle Vilca
Background: The expansion of virtual platforms, adaptive systems, learning analytics, and artificial intelligence has intensified interest in understanding the relationship between learning styles and academic performance in technology-mediated educational environments. However, recent literature shows conceptual and methodological dispersion. Objective: To systematically analyze scientific production on learning styles and academic performance in technology-mediated educational environments, with emphasis on research trends, methodological approaches, theoretical models, and knowledge gaps. Methodology: A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The search was carried out in Scopus and included articles published between 2020 and 2026. Inclusion and exclusion criteria related to document type, language, thematic relevance, and educational context were applied. The final corpus consisted of 42 studies, organized through a data extraction matrix and analyzed using qualitative thematic synthesis. Results: Studies on adaptive technologies and learning personalization predominated, followed by research on teaching modalities and technological mediation. The direct relationship between learning styles and academic performance was scarcely represented. In addition, the concept of learning styles was frequently used without explicit adherence to specific theoretical models. Conclusion: Recent evidence does not support a direct, uniform, and isolated relationship between learning styles and academic performance. This relationship becomes more relevant when integrated into educational personalization models, flexible instructional design, and adaptive technologies.
Contexto: La expansión de plataformas virtuales, sistemas adaptativos, analítica del aprendizaje e inteligencia artificial ha incrementado el interés por comprender la relación entre estilos de aprendizaje y rendimiento académico en entornos educativos mediados por tecnología. Sin embargo, la literatura reciente presenta dispersión conceptual y metodológica. Objetivo: Analizar sistemáticamente la producción científica sobre estilos de aprendizaje y rendimiento académico en entornos educativos mediados por tecnología, con énfasis en tendencias investigativas, enfoques metodológicos, modelos teóricos empleados y vacíos de conocimiento. Metodología: Se realizó una revisión sistemática siguiendo los lineamientos PRISMA 2020. La búsqueda se efectuó en Scopus e incluyó artículos publicados entre 2020 y 2026. Se aplicaron criterios de inclusión y exclusión vinculados con el tipo de documento, idioma, pertinencia temática y contexto educativo. El corpus final estuvo conformado por 42 estudios, organizados mediante una matriz de extracción y analizados mediante síntesis temática cualitativa. Resultados: Predominaron los estudios sobre tecnologías adaptativas y personalización del aprendizaje, seguidos por investigaciones sobre modalidades de enseñanza y mediación tecnológica. La relación directa entre estilos de aprendizaje y rendimiento académico fue escasamente representada. Además, se observó un uso frecuente del concepto estilos de aprendizaje sin adscripción explícita a modelos teóricos específicos. Conclusión: La evidencia reciente no respalda una relación directa, uniforme y aislada entre estilos de aprendizaje y rendimiento académico. Esta relación adquiere mayor relevancia cuando se integra en modelos de personalización educativa, diseño instruccional flexible y tecnologías adaptativas.

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Maravi Cabrera, A. J., Muñoz Echevarría, E. R., Carrasco Nuñez, Y. M., & Calle Vilca, L. A. (2026). Learning styles and academic performance in technology-mediated educational environments: a systematic review. Horizontes, 10(44), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v10i44.1338
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