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
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
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 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
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.
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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.
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:
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
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