Re:[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Mike Wiliams
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. Mike Williams --- You are

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread drnanjo
That's not prejudice. That's an interpretation based on the evidence. Telling college students - or anyone - that they should only accept information that comes to them in a single or narrowly defined modality is selling our enormous adaptability and flexibility way short. That's not helpfu

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Joan Warmbold
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

[tips] Visiting faculty position 2014-2015

2014-03-28 Thread William Scott
Excuse if this is redundant. Please share with those who might be interested. Thanks! Beloit College invites applications for a one-year (with possible one-year renewal) faculty leave replacement in Cultural and Developmental Psychology beginning August 15, 2014. The successful candidate will

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Gerald Peterson
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" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:20:25 PM Subject: Re: [tips

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Christopher Green
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 styl

[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread drnanjo
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 unde

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
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 explorin

RE: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Shapiro, Susan J
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 pe

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Gerald Peterson
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 t

RE: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Joann Jelly
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

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
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 d