Comments on: Willingham on learning styles http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/08/23/willingham-learning-styles/ Evidence-based teaching methods for helping students who are at risk for school failure or who have disabilities. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:30:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Andrew Wiley http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/08/23/willingham-learning-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-68875 Andrew Wiley Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:34:53 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/?p=555#comment-68875 Did anybody respond to this? What Dan is saying is true is that some people have stronger visual memory and thus learn visual information better, while some people have stronger auditory memory and thus learn auditory information better. The important thing to consider, I think, is what TYPE of information is being taught. Dan points out that most of the information that is taught in classrooms is MEANING-BASED, not auditory/ visual. And, for the information that IS auditory or visual (e.g., the shape of countries on a map), it makes sense to teach EVERYBODY in that way, though some people will be better than others are retaining different types of information. What is false about LS theory is the interaction it predicts. Did anybody respond to this? What Dan is saying is true is that some people have stronger visual memory and thus learn visual information better, while some people have stronger auditory memory and thus learn auditory information better. The important thing to consider, I think, is what TYPE of information is being taught. Dan points out that most of the information that is taught in classrooms is MEANING-BASED, not auditory/ visual. And, for the information that IS auditory or visual (e.g., the shape of countries on a map), it makes sense to teach EVERYBODY in that way, though some people will be better than others are retaining different types of information.

What is false about LS theory is the interaction it predicts.

]]> By: Don Stoll http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/08/23/willingham-learning-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-68874 Don Stoll Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:11:46 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/?p=555#comment-68874 Willingham says the learning styles concept is easy to believe because it is close to something that is true. My question would be what is it that does actually happen that is similar? Willingham says the learning styles concept is easy to believe because it is close to something that is true. My question would be what is it that does actually happen that is similar?

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