On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Sameer Verma <sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote:
> Almost certainly, you were told that your instruction should match your > students' styles. For example, kinesthetic learners—students who learn best > through hands-on activities—are said to do better in classes that feature > plenty of experiments, while verbal learners are said to do worse. > Now four psychologists argue that you were told wrong. There is no strong > scientific evidence to support the "matching" idea, they contend in a paper > published this > week<http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/index.cfm?journal=pspi&content=pspi/9_3>in > *Psychological Science in the Public Interest. *And there is absolutely no > reason for professors to adopt it in the classroom. > > http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/ for those with a more visual learning style ;-) there is a Dan Willingham video about this: Learning styles don't exist http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=sIv9rz2NTUk Also Dan's book is a very good read about learning ideas: http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/11/dan-willinghams-book.html > > > cheers, > Sameer > -- > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Information Systems > Director, Center for Business Solutions > San Francisco State University > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > http://is.sfsu.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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