Teach Effectively pal Dan Willingham has another treatment of the learning-styles myth at the Washington Post. In a guest entry for Valerie Strauss’ “The Answer Sheet,” Professor Willingham mentions the recent scientific review of research that debunked the myth (yet again) and provides responses to some of the pro-myth arguments that he’s encountered. Here’s a link to “Willingham: No evidence exists for learning style theories.”
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Would this also extend to saying that things like “auditory processing disorders” are also bunk?
I enjoy reading Professor Willingham’s research, including “Why Students Don’t Like School”. However, I am a bit confused when Professor Willingham says that IQ is “malleable”, or capable of being changed.
If that is true, then is it also true that mental retardation can be eradicated, cured, or otherwise remediated?
If IQ is indeed malleable, then perhaps the goal of 100% of all students scoring proficient is not such bad federal education policy afterall.