Learning styles

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Learning Styles

INTC 5110Fall 2010

+What Style Are You?

http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html

http://www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/

http://www.learningstyles.org/

http://agelesslearner.com/assess/learningstyle.html

+Different Theories of Learning Styles

Myers-Briggs (http://www2.gsu.edu/~dschjb/wwwmbti.html) Not really a learning styles theory, but a personality test Used heavily in business Not corroborated in studies that measure achievement


Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences verbal-linguistic musical-rhythmic logical-mathematical visual-spatial bodily-kinesthetic intrapersonal interpersonal


Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Intelligence redefined as:

a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture

Gardner himself has always held that his is a theory about intelligence, not a prescriptive theory for instruction or learning


Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Intelligence redefined as:

a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture

Gardner himself has always held that his is a theory about intelligence, not a prescriptive theory for instruction or learning. Also, he states it is not a good idea to try to teach all things to all intelligences.


Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Zero research supporting claims of MI increasing student

achievement http://educationnext.org/reframing-the-mind/ http://educationnext.org/files/ednext20043_18.pdf


Brain based Learning Caine and Caine suggested that the structure of the brain is

predictive of how people learn http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/brain-

based2 Again, based loosely on neuroscience, but neuroscience

community does not support extrapolation of its research in this manner


Locus of Control External or Internal

http://wilderdom.com/psychology/loc/LocusOfControlWhatIs.html

Similar issues How is it measured? Is it stable? Does it predict? If we change instruction does it help?

+Conclusion

While learning styles have been touted as very important, there is little evidence that they are

More practice than research based

Little or no evidence in favor of wholesale changes in how we instruct

So what do we do with this?

Education

Learning styles