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Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show
Foundation for Economic Education ^ | August 12, 2022 | Patrick Carroll

Posted on 08/12/2022 6:42:10 PM PDT by T Ruth

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The education system has been stagnant for far too long ....

Acutally, not. The education system has been getting progressively worse for the past 30 years at least.

Abolish public education.

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1 posted on 08/12/2022 6:42:10 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

“the learning styles theory is the biggest myth in education.”

It’s a cope to try to explain group differences that are ultimately biological. High on copium, they are.


2 posted on 08/12/2022 6:44:29 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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I am calling bs on this, and if you give a large grant I can easily prove it


3 posted on 08/12/2022 6:45:01 PM PDT by algore
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No matter how hard scientists have looked, they haven’t been able to find any good evidence for the learning styles theory.

Obviously these folks aren't in the 'visual learners' group.

4 posted on 08/12/2022 6:46:54 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️𓊹 𓌃 "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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To: T Ruth

While I agree that nothing beats grit and effort, I think the idea that people have preferred ways to learn is sound.

Some people really have to read the material and others can do well listening to a taped lecture.

However, I do think we need changes to something that is more pass-fail, where passing means a 90% grade in a grading system.


5 posted on 08/12/2022 6:50:56 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to watch the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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To: T Ruth

Bookmark.


6 posted on 08/12/2022 6:52:40 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: algore
I am calling bs on this, and if you give a large grant I can easily prove it

For $20K I'll write a grant proposal for you.

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7 posted on 08/12/2022 6:53:22 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: Ezekiel; All

I ixedntify as being in the “Meme” learner group.


8 posted on 08/12/2022 6:53:47 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: cdcdawg

By their actions some students seem to prefer learning by talking over the teacher, or beating him up.


9 posted on 08/12/2022 6:54:01 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: T Ruth

They aren’t stagnating, they are rotting... from the head down and from the inside out. Also, they don’t teach, they indoctrinate and if they aren’t indoctrinating, they are scolding.

That said... I am a reading/writing learner. I hate listening to lectures and speeches. Unless the speaker has a magically mellifluous voice, I retain almost nothing.

However, if I read it, it sticks forever. I even re-read stuff in my dreams!


10 posted on 08/12/2022 6:54:21 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Ezekiel

LOL.


11 posted on 08/12/2022 6:54:57 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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Maslow and his self actualization pyramid is another one that is wrong. In fact, there is evidence he got it backwards

Almost anything by Spencer, Piget, james, and Nodding is demonstratedly wrong.

Without realizing it they have replaced Dewey, who though flawed at least tried to develop pedagogy as a science, with the younger Heidegger. Heidegger was in charge of the NAZIfication of German school. He is a total subjectivist and the founder of Post Modernism.

The whole system is irretrievably ruined. It must be destroyed and replaced.

And yes, my PhD is in Education Philosophy, this is my feild.


12 posted on 08/12/2022 6:57:16 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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Not so, says the American Psychological Association.

These are the people who says if a boy baby grabs a doll he is actually a girl.

Take everything they say with a big chunk of salt.

13 posted on 08/12/2022 7:00:17 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: T Ruth

Semantics. If you really don’t like to read or if you can only get information from reading, it will affect your ability to learn.


14 posted on 08/12/2022 7:03:28 PM PDT by x
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Sheeeeit. Hell naw! Das rayciss!!!


15 posted on 08/12/2022 7:07:17 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: T Ruth

I’m not reading the article. But people have different learning styles.


16 posted on 08/12/2022 7:11:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: T Ruth

I disagree with his premise.


17 posted on 08/12/2022 7:16:06 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Fai Mao

“And yes, my PhD is in Education Philosophy, this is my field.”

If you don’t mind a question — do you have thoughts on the field of adult education (androgogy per Knowles) and the learning styles concepts being rejected by the cited article? I work in this area and have studied it at the masters level. My experience says “learning styles” may be stating it incorrectly as it is more about getting the learner to make the connection of the knowledge to their specific need/application in order to ensure “learning.” The “styles” part comes down to how the knowledge is presented so there is no barrier to receiving the knowledge. I welcome your thoughts.


18 posted on 08/12/2022 7:22:40 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: T Ruth

If you can do it on contingency pm me :)


19 posted on 08/12/2022 7:26:11 PM PDT by algore
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To: T-Bird45

I’ve known for years that the only way I can “get” information is to see/read it.


20 posted on 08/12/2022 7:37:00 PM PDT by ryderann
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