The Learning Styles Myth is Thriving in Higher Education
Introduction Davies (1999) called for an ‘evidence-based’ approach to education, arguing that the design of new interventions in education was not sufficiently informed by rigorous evidence and that new interventions…
Debunking the myth of personal learning styles
BY BRENT KANEFTSpecial to The Item Impact When educators read scholarly research on the brain, there is always the potential for misinterpretation. In the field of Mind, Brain, and Education…
Debunking the myth of personal learning styles
BY BRENT KANEFTSpecial to The Item Impact When educators read scholarly research on the brain, there is always the potential for misinterpretation. In the field of Mind, Brain, and Education…
Beware the myth: learning styles affect parents’, children’s, and teachers’ thinking about children’s academic potential
Experiment 1 Analytic Plan Parents’ and children’s answers were scored using a four-point scale as follows: 1 as not smart or sporty, 2 as sort of smart or sporty, 3…