Re:Teachers must ditch 'neuromyth' of learning styles, say s...
by dragonwriter on Friday May 26, 2017 @03:18PM
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> Some learn better visually, some kinesthetic, some auditive.
That's the exact myth that actual research has shown is mostly false.
> This doesn't mean someone is exclusively visual but there certainly are preferences.
There are certainly preferences (in some part, this is a product of people buying into the myth), but the research keeps showing that catering to those preferences doesn't actually improve learning, and actually makes it worse compared to balanced approaches which address multiple modes rather than focussing on a learners perceived "preferred" mode.
That's the exact myth that actual research has shown is mostly false.
> This doesn't mean someone is exclusively visual but there certainly are preferences.
There are certainly preferences (in some part, this is a product of people buying into the myth), but the research keeps showing that catering to those preferences doesn't actually improve learning, and actually makes it worse compared to balanced approaches which address multiple modes rather than focussing on a learners perceived "preferred" mode.