tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post6009031283832434888..comments2024-03-23T12:05:15.956-04:00Comments on Steve Hargadon: Learning Styles Theory Versus Sustained Hard WorkSteve Hargadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-4431909043242500452011-11-09T15:43:12.036-05:002011-11-09T15:43:12.036-05:00I teach at a community college, and I often hear s...I teach at a community college, and I often hear students rationalize poor performance by claiming different "learning styles." And yet, I provide VISUAL illustrations, ORAL lectures, and there is a WRITTEN textbook.<br /><br />It's not politically correct to say so, but different people just have different levels of academic aptitude. If it were not so, then everyone would have the capability to become a neurosurgeon, right?J C Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-16604665605201385752010-01-09T18:14:52.102-05:002010-01-09T18:14:52.102-05:00After reading Willingham's book I have shared ...After reading Willingham's book I have shared it with some of the teachers at my school. They all believe that "learnings styles" is a proven fact and that I am crazy. I really enjoyed his book and recommend it to all teachers as a very informative and practical book.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617468945883980487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-80728767828099914182010-01-09T15:17:51.401-05:002010-01-09T15:17:51.401-05:00@Jerrid: Thanks for the link. Good article.
@An...@Jerrid: Thanks for the link. Good article.<br /><br />@Andy: I'm not the expert in this area, but it's worth reading the referenced article and, if possible, Dan's chapter on this. Jerrid's article reference above might be of intersest as well. I think he is recognizing cognitive skill-sets; he's just saying that there is no evidence that trying to teach to those skill-sets actually improves learning.Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-35500206616014195322010-01-09T14:46:48.183-05:002010-01-09T14:46:48.183-05:00I may not understand Dan Willingham's points f...I may not understand Dan Willingham's points from reading the quotes on your page. It's obviously very hard to glean a whole book's worth of information from a paragraph of two. But, I would argue that there is a very credible paradigm for understanding distinct cognitive skill-sets. Howard Gardner has done a great deal of work in this area. <br /><br />Am I misunderstanding something? <br /><br />Andrew Pass<br />http://www.lessontech.blogspot.comAndrew Passhttp://www.lessontech.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-79909686993522610412010-01-08T20:26:10.127-05:002010-01-08T20:26:10.127-05:00I very much like Willingham's work. Some of hi...I very much like Willingham's work. Some of his and others' work influenced an editorial I wrote for the Iowa Science Teacher Journal. The editorial provides a few classroom examples that might help people better understand why "learning styles" doesn't actually help inform instruction although it intuitively makes sense. Here is the article: http://ists.pls.uni.edu/istj/issues/36/1_winter_09/editorial.pdf<br /><br />I am working on the follow-up that discusses more acceptable learning theories (those supported by cognitive science). It will hopefully appear soon. We are an issue behind on the journal.Jerrid Krusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195634850530143328noreply@blogger.com