evil001987 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

stb100 I don't think you really understand. The reason he explain this both visual and auditory is because it's easier to explain by combining the both styles. The reason is not because he want more people to remember it easy. For example: he tells us that an auditory person would most likely remember how the word was prounonced. Then he gives an example at 3:03. How should he have done that in a easy way with only text?And he does the same thing with two pictures at 3:06.

boxcuttermarshel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If they really didn't want to then they'd change the channel. They just don't care.

dbw8m (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Mmmm. . . not necessarily. Lots of people find that they have learned TV advertisements, but they certainly didn't want to. . . .

boxcuttermarshel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

People won't learn what they don't want to.

stb100 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm really confused by your response. If there's no credible evidence that learning styles (such as visual or auditory) exist, why did you want to represent your ideas 'more effectively' using visual and auditory cues?Surely if neither have a bias in terms of helping people infer meaning, one would have sufficed - say just audio?

dbw8m (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No, I've taken account of the fact that different types of material I wanted to present in the video would be more effectively conveyed visually or auditorily. The title refers to the fact that there is no credible evidence supporting learning style theories.

stb100 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why didn't you present this information as a podcast or a slide show without sound?I've got a theory that you believe that both auditory and visual learning are important.Your title that learning styles don't exist is flawed. What you mean is, they exist but you don't have to concentrate on one specifically for a person who prefers that one.As a teacher, you have taken in to account different learning styles by using both.

WetWorkHK (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Now this would be, beacause larger portions of the brain in these unfortunate cases are devoted to auditory perception.

Sectorsophia (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Learning is not only about the gathering of information, but rather (and especially) teaching the ability to reason or think abstractly.Thus, we go to school to learn: how to think effectively, and how to learn. It is a great mistake for teachers to cater to learning styles, when they are supposed to be teaching improved learning skills.It's just another way in which the backbone of modern society is eroding by serving the weakness and laziness of mankind.Where is virtue these days?

Betokan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

duh