Re:[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Fortunately for every GS in the world there are 10 mentors or advisers who thought the best for you. Whatever the intellectual talents of a GS, their over-compensating attitude will leave them with no students who want to work with them. Mike Williams On 3/30/14 1:00 AM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest wrote: Subject: Re:Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young From: Mike Palijm...@nyu.edu Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:02:23 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2 On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:11:27 -0700, Mike Wiliams wrote: When responding to the research of students in high school or undergrads, I go by a simple maxim: What would Mr. Rogers say? They need to feel that the work is important and that they are important. They can have the drivel shaken out when they get to grad school. I don't know if Mike Williams has lapsed into Louis Schmierism (i.e., uncritical, unconditional positive regard that is usually safe only for tenured professors and ill prepares students for learning how to deal with professors and colleagues who will ruthlessly exploit them in their quest for fame and fortune) but let me provide a counterweight to the Mr. Rogers' position by asking what would one of the most difficult professors I ever had might do (and by difficult, I mean that in all possible senses, from being intellectually opaque -- if you could not understand him it was because you were too stupid -- to emotionally distant -- the don't bother me with the reasons why you can't make a deadline/get work done/need a social life/etc, there are others who can do your job). I'll refer to this professor as GS and ask the question What would GS do? A little more background: when GS was hired for his professorship, he initially taught a course at the undergraduate and graduate level. After the first semester, the complaints from the undergraduates were so great that the university administration (who viewed GS as a prized faculty member and a jewel in its crown) decided that GS didn't have to teach undergraduate courses, only graduate level courses (presumably he would cause the least amount of damage with graduate students). GS's level of productivity (often through the efficient and effective use of graduate students) and ability to get grant money secured his position in the university -- his teaching was secondary to all of this. So, he would become a power in the psychology department, in the university, and in the field, ultimately making him a member of the National Academy of Sciences. So, what would GS do? I imagine that he would argue that we should not encourage people who cannot do good science or are unable to distinguish between good science and bad science from engaging in anything that can be construed as science given the view that most of what passes for scientific research is flawed, misleading, and a waste of precious resources. With respect to high school students doing research projects, I think that he might say that bad science has to be nipped in the bud. Perhaps the student would be better off doing something more suited to their intellectual abilities, such as selling real estate or becoming a politician. This, however, is just speculation on my part; I don't think GS would have cared what the student did with their life -- there are far too many more important things to be concerned about. I'd like to point that I have come across other faculty/researchers who came from the mode that made GS: some legitimately brilliant but lacking in empathy and compassion, some who just seemed good at denigrating and exploiting people even though they never accomplished much in their own career. I have stopped being amazed that people like this seem to rise to high levels of power in the discipline because that seems to be a primary goal (though some can't get to a very high level because they are B list or C list academic superstars, but an academic superstar is still a superstar from the perspective of administrators). In the situation of reviewing a student's work on learning styles, I would try to point out what the strengths and weaknesses are of the research but would recommend that the student engage in scholarship on the topic and to be mindful of the confirmation bias, of only looking for research that supports one's favorite hypothesis or position. They need to come to their own realization of the limitations of their understanding of the phenomenon -- like most of us, they probably won't really follow the advice given to them. But one has to look on the bright side of this situation: the student could have attempted a replication of one of Bem's PSI experiments and had a successful replication. Who would wants to explain that retroactive causation doesn't really exist and that the results are probably due to expectancy effects and other problems? What if the student's faculty sponsor actually believes such stuff? Good luck. -Mike Palij New York University
Re:[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:11:27 -0700, Mike Wiliams wrote: When responding to the research of students in high school or undergrads, I go by a simple maxim: What would Mr. Rogers say? They need to feel that the work is important and that they are important. They can have the drivel shaken out when they get to grad school. I don't know if Mike Williams has lapsed into Louis Schmierism (i.e., uncritical, unconditional positive regard that is usually safe only for tenured professors and ill prepares students for learning how to deal with professors and colleagues who will ruthlessly exploit them in their quest for fame and fortune) but let me provide a counterweight to the Mr. Rogers' position by asking what would one of the most difficult professors I ever had might do (and by difficult, I mean that in all possible senses, from being intellectually opaque -- if you could not understand him it was because you were too stupid -- to emotionally distant -- the don't bother me with the reasons why you can't make a deadline/get work done/need a social life/etc, there are others who can do your job). I'll refer to this professor as GS and ask the question What would GS do? A little more background: when GS was hired for his professorship, he initially taught a course at the undergraduate and graduate level. After the first semester, the complaints from the undergraduates were so great that the university administration (who viewed GS as a prized faculty member and a jewel in its crown) decided that GS didn't have to teach undergraduate courses, only graduate level courses (presumably he would cause the least amount of damage with graduate students). GS's level of productivity (often through the efficient and effective use of graduate students) and ability to get grant money secured his position in the university -- his teaching was secondary to all of this. So, he would become a power in the psychology department, in the university, and in the field, ultimately making him a member of the National Academy of Sciences. So, what would GS do? I imagine that he would argue that we should not encourage people who cannot do good science or are unable to distinguish between good science and bad science from engaging in anything that can be construed as science given the view that most of what passes for scientific research is flawed, misleading, and a waste of precious resources. With respect to high school students doing research projects, I think that he might say that bad science has to be nipped in the bud. Perhaps the student would be better off doing something more suited to their intellectual abilities, such as selling real estate or becoming a politician. This, however, is just speculation on my part; I don't think GS would have cared what the student did with their life -- there are far too many more important things to be concerned about. I'd like to point that I have come across other faculty/researchers who came from the mode that made GS: some legitimately brilliant but lacking in empathy and compassion, some who just seemed good at denigrating and exploiting people even though they never accomplished much in their own career. I have stopped being amazed that people like this seem to rise to high levels of power in the discipline because that seems to be a primary goal (though some can't get to a very high level because they are B list or C list academic superstars, but an academic superstar is still a superstar from the perspective of administrators). In the situation of reviewing a student's work on learning styles, I would try to point out what the strengths and weaknesses are of the research but would recommend that the student engage in scholarship on the topic and to be mindful of the confirmation bias, of only looking for research that supports one's favorite hypothesis or position. They need to come to their own realization of the limitations of their understanding of the phenomenon -- like most of us, they probably won't really follow the advice given to them. But one has to look on the bright side of this situation: the student could have attempted a replication of one of Bem's PSI experiments and had a successful replication. Who would wants to explain that retroactive causation doesn't really exist and that the results are probably due to expectancy effects and other problems? What if the student's faculty sponsor actually believes such stuff? Good luck. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35634 or send a blank email to leave-35634-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Hi Joan and everyone - I was able to be relatively straightforward with her and my judging team. She acknowledged that the literature doesn't support the existence of styles and also kept her cool when I pointed out (correctly) that learning by taking notes is NOT really kinesthetic, and that the distinction between three of her four styles: visual, print and kinesthetic (defined by writing things down) is very tenuous indeed. She also tested them against UDL - universal design learning - which really sounds like the next big Ed fad more than anything else. Holding this aside, her research design was good. For this reason, she placed and I had no problem with that. Being a scientist is about these things. My judging team included a neuroscience researcher from UCLA and two middle school teachers. No one was terribly upset by my putting forth the view that learning styles are a bunch of hooey. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College -Original Message- From: Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young Nancy, Please do get back to us re: how your critique on learning styles is received by the H.S. teachers. You might receive as much or similar resistance from the teachers as you expect to get from the student. Also would appreciate hearing the type of literature review required of the students. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book just in case. Paul As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design,controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature . . .50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35615 or send a blank email to leave-35615-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35640 or send a blank email to leave-35640-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
The problem seems to be more the label 'learning styles' with all its baggage than what she actually did. If a more neutral label like 'learning strategies' was substituted it would help. Another suggestion would be 'the man from Mars'. Have her describe the different learning strategies as if she were an alien who had never had any contact with humans and knew nothing about human behavior. On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:29 PM, drnanjo wrote: Hi Joan and everyone - I was able to be relatively straightforward with her and my judging team. She acknowledged that the literature doesn't support the existence of styles and also kept her cool when I pointed out (correctly) that learning by taking notes is NOT really kinesthetic, and that the distinction between three of her four styles: visual, print and kinesthetic (defined by writing things down) is very tenuous indeed. She also tested them against UDL - universal design learning - which really sounds like the next big Ed fad more than anything else. Holding this aside, her research design was good. For this reason, she placed and I had no problem with that. Being a scientist is about these things. My judging team included a neuroscience researcher from UCLA and two middle school teachers. No one was terribly upset by my putting forth the view that learning styles are a bunch of hooey. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College -Original Message- From: Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young Nancy, Please do get back to us re: how your critique on learning styles is received by the H.S. teachers. You might receive as much or similar resistance from the teachers as you expect to get from the student. Also would appreciate hearing the type of literature review required of the students. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book just in case. Paul As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design,controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature . . .50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35615 or send a blank email to leave-35615-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pkbra...@hickorytech.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900bn=Tl=tipso=35640 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35640-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35642 or send a blank email to leave-35642-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:32:34 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: But one has to look on the bright side of this situation: the student could have attempted a replication of one of Bem's PSI experiments and had a successful replication. Who would wants to explain that retroactive causation doesn't really exist and that the results are probably due to expectancy effects and other problems? What if the student's faculty sponsor actually believes such stuff? Good luck. Mike, You're missing a truly golden opportunity for paradox. You should fail such a project with the comment that, if the phenomenon were real, the student would have foreseen this outcome. :-) *palm to forehead* You're right! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. However, with positive results, the student could claim that I knew it all along. :-) Messages from the future or hindsight bias? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35647 or send a blank email to leave-35647-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Assess based on quality and clarity of presentation and quality of methodology. When questioning the youngster ask about if they encountered contrary findings in the literature, without pressing too hard about it, just to see what they say and maybe it leads to a productive and non-contentious discussion of the issues, or not. Paul On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:49 AM, drnanjo wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.comhttp://IFTTT.com to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.comhttp://www.ThePsychFiles.com/ Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35599-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35604 or send a blank email to leave-35604-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and exploring alternative ideas. It would be cool to have several copies of the paperback 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.com to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35608 or send a blank email to leave-35608-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Worried you might come out as a brute? Does that mean you have prejudged the concept of Learning Styles? Joann Jelly, Barstow College From: drnanjo [drna...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 6:49 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.com to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: jje...@barstow.edumailto:jje...@barstow.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13010.76185584223b2f7b9f3a91a2f9913135n=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13010.76185584223b2f7b9f3a91a2f9913...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35599-13010.76185584223b2f7b9f3a91a2f9913...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ___ This Footer added by the BCCD Information Technology Office: This message is from an external NON-BCCD sender. The Information Technology Office will NEVER ask you for your password. Any such request is not from ITO. Any e-mail asking you to click on a link and provide account information is an attempt to compromise your account! Always use caution when deciding to click an embedded link. ___ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35607 or send a blank email to leave-35607-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Hi Nancy, The idea of Learning Styles is S pervasive in the published literature (especially in education) as well as in common understanding that even a student who did some research would be likely to find SOMETHING that supported it. My take on this controversy is that it is true the people learn differently and that learning can be easier if it is similar to something you are comfortable with - But that is the simple version - and it is not that simple. (Nothing is as far as I can tell.) I would judge on process and presentation - not correct content for the student And possibly talk to the teachers - remembering that because they believe this to be true and conscientiously act on it, confirmation bias will likely make them ignore anything you say to them. Maybe one will look into the more complex interpretation. Suzi Susan J. Shapiro Associate Professor of Psychology/ Informatics Chair: Social Sciences Department Indiana University East 264 Tom Raper Hall 2325 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 sjsha...@iue.edumailto:sjsha...@iue.edu (765) 973-8284 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35603 or send a blank email to leave-35603-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book… just in case. Paul On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Gerald Peterson wrote: As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and exploring alternative ideas. It would be cool to have several copies of the paperback 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.comhttp://IFTTT.com/ to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.comhttp://www.ThePsychFiles.com/ Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edumailto:peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=35608 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35609 or send a blank email to leave-35609-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.com to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35599 or send a blank email to leave-35599-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
On 2014-03-28, at 9:49 AM, drnanjo wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. It seems to me that the only relevant question, Nancy, is Does it? (confirm the existence of learning styles). Confirming isn't the same as proving, of course. Is the study well designed? Does it operationalize well? Does it get believable results and are they well-interpreted? Whatever your and my personal conclusions about the topic might be, perhaps this person has looked at it from a novel angle. Perhaps s/he has found something worth considering. Perhaps s/he has just gotten lucky with p-values (in which case, no harm, nor foul, it will all come out in the wash). Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35605 or send a blank email to leave-35605-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Yes, a post it note (kinesthetic and visual style) or insert a clicker that makes a noise on that page (auditory) to remember lol. - Original Message - From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:20:25 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book… just in case. Paul On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Gerald Peterson wrote: As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and exploring alternative ideas. It would be cool to have several copies of the paperback 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.comhttp://IFTTT.com/ to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.comhttp://www.ThePsychFiles.com/ Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edumailto:peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=35608 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35609 or send a blank email to leave-35609-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35611 or send a blank email to leave-35611-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Nancy, Please do get back to us re: how your critique on learning styles is received by the H.S. teachers. You might receive as much or similar resistance from the teachers as you expect to get from the student. Also would appreciate hearing the type of literature review required of the students. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book just in case. Paul As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design,controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature . . .50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35615 or send a blank email to leave-35615-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
