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The myth of learning styles - 0 views

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shared by djplaner on 15 May 12 - No Cached
  • djplaner on 15 May 12
     
    Argues that learning styles are a myth, but that students are different.
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Good Thinking! - Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style - YouTube - 2 views

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shared by djplaner on 17 Sep 16 - No Cached
  • djplaner on 17 Sep 16
     
    Video outlining the arguments against learning styles.
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The Myth of Learning Styles - 3 views

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  • So in claiming that learning styles do not exist, we are not saying that all learners are the same. Rather, we assert that a certain number of dimensions (ability, background knowledge, interest) vary from person to person and are known to affect learning. The emphasis on learning styles, we think, often comes at the cost of attention to these other important dimensions.
  • However, when these tendencies are put to the test under controlled conditions, they make no difference—learning is equivalent whether students learn in the preferred mode or not. A favorite mode of presentation (e.g., visual, auditory, or kinesthetic) often reveals itself to be instead a preference for tasks for which one has high ability and at which one feels successful.
  • However, in order to persuade us to devote the time and energy to adopt a certain kind of differentiated teaching, the burden of proof is on those who argue for the existence of that description of students' cognitive strategies
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  • a good rule of thumb is that we should only bring ideas from the laboratory into our teaching if (1) we are sure that the laboratory phenomena exist under at least some conditions and (2) we understand how to usefully apply these laboratory phenomena to instruction
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      djplaner on 23 Feb 15
       
      A good rule of thumb to consider when looking at reasons for changing teaching.
  • And Henry L. Roediger and his associates at Washington University in St. Louis have demonstrated the value of testing for learning.
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      djplaner on 23 Feb 15
       
      Some research that I need to follow up with and ponder how it might be integrated into EDC3100
  • We shouldn't congratulate ourselves for showing a video to engage the visual learners or offering podcasts to the auditory learners
  • we should realize that the value of the video or audio will be determined by how it suits the content that we are asking students to learn and the background knowledge, interests, and abilities that they bring to
  • djplaner on 23 Feb 15
     
    Good overview of what is wrong with learning styles.
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