Why this neuromyth persists and how we, as teachers and researchers might continue to disseminate the message that matching instruction to a preferred learning style will not raise achievement, is the focus of a recent publication, written specifically for this audience.[7] Along with this Guest Blog, I hope it goes some way to giving teachers (and students) an accessible foundation to contextualise this neuromyth and engage in a firm evidence-base in which to dispel it!
This week I was having a conversation about how learning science could make conversations with coaches and players more effective. Today I’m scouring the internet and providing you with a few resources that utilize the learning science principles we advocate to talk about effective presentations of material.
This week, March 21-27, 2022, is Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Siena Castellon founded Neurodiversity Celebration in 2018. In Siena’s words, the week was founded because “I wanted to change the way learning differences are perceived. As a teenager who is autistic and has ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia …
“Do adults learn differently?” This has been a fundamental question that I have been asked time and time again. Much of what we know about learning and memory comes from research on students To generalize from these studies to someone mid-career… is that reasonable?
We live in a world full of distractions. I’ve written previously about the benefits of meditation for attentional focus and learning, we’ve provided tips for students on how to ignore irrelevant information while studying, and provided resources for how to reduce mind-wandering. And while it is important that we be able to focus when we need to, I want to reassure all the daydreamers out there that letting your mind wander every now and then can actually be really beneficial.
Imagine you are taking a multiple-choice test with a range of different questions on it. You go from one question to the next and answer them as well as possible. As you answer each question, you may feel more or less confident about whether you answered a question correctly. Now, before submitting your final answers you have two options…
