I found this last bit interesting/amusing: |Robert J. Sternberg is provost, senior vice president, |and Regents Professor of Psychology and Education |at Oklahoma State University.
If memory serves, when Sternberg made the move from Yale to Tufts a Tipster opined something like "moving on up" or "how the mighty have fallen". I wonder what comment would be appropriate now (NOTE: far be it for me to act elitist in this situation and suggest something). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] ------------ Original Message ------------------------- On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:16:34 -0700. Jim Clark wrote: Hi I read this when it came out as well. I don't think that Sternberg's model corresponds much with the traditional literature on learning styles. That some people might prefer an unstructured exploration of a topic and others prefer learning the facts (very loose paraphrase of some of Sternberg's position) seems quite different from ideas such as visual versus verbal learners. Does one want to use the label Learning Styles to cover all possible Aptitude by Treatment interactions? If this characterization is correct, the largely null findings in the traditional LS literature may not say much about Sternberg's model. At the same time, Sternberg does seem to cite primarily his own work, which leads me to wonder whether others have replicated and reproduced his findings? Take care Jim >>> "Lilienfeld, Scott O" <[email protected]> 29-Sep-11 12:09:00 PM >>> Hi All ..was initially assuming that this thread was in response to Sternberg's recent piece, but I guess not. I tend to disagree with Sternberg on many things, but for what it's worth, here's his contrarian position: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2011/09/27/essay_on_different_teaching_and_learning_styles ....Scott --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13036 or send a blank email to leave-13036-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
