Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "If your kids' K-12 teachers build their lessons around the once-fashionable idea that kids have different 'learning styles', they don't know what they're talking about. Remember: educational psych is usually 30 years behind actual psych.… https://t.co/vGKeshYZOZ"

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If your kids' K-12 teachers build their lessons around the once-fashionable idea that kids have different 'learning styles', they don't know what they're talking about. Remember: educational psych is usually 30 years behind actual psych.https://twitter.com/rnsoicher/status/1171839989132353536 …

ABD Soicher @rnsoicher

Hi @AcademicChatter I don't want to call anyone out, but learning styles are a myth. E g., "Visual" or "kinesthetic" aren't valid constructs. As scientists, you can appreciate the lack of evidence & the need to stop tweeting abt this. For your ref: https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1539-6053.2009.01038.x …

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1. Bob Dobolina‏ @BobDobolina1984 11 Sep 2019
  
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  And actual psych doesn't replicate anyway...
  
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1. PromethiusIOI‏ @PromethiusI 11 Sep 2019
  
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  I remember when they were trying to make education more girl friendly. Same period of time they started treating young boys like terrorists for being boys.
  
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1. chain_rule_gang‏ @ChainRuleGang 11 Sep 2019
  
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  Just endured a whole master's teaching program plus practicum pushing differing learning styles PLUS multiple intelligences.
  
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1. Channy‏ @ChannyCabessa 11 Sep 2019
  
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  Very interesting. Any articles or books that elaborate on the issues with this idea?
  
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1. Robert Considine‏ @r_p_considine 12 Sep 2019
  
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  Naturally, educators dislike the idea that individuals differ in innate intelligence, so favour ideas that allow them to regard all as having equal intellectual potential. If a kid is struggling with algebra, it can be said that with the right teaching method they'd be a genius.
  
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1. R. Sanchez‏ @SpicyKeo 11 Sep 2019
  
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  This stuff still exists in the Texas school system. It's hard to break people of old habits or beliefs even when you show them the evidence. There is always some outlier case which had more to do with outside circumstances than they realize.
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1. jreidburgess‏ @jreidburgess 11 Sep 2019
  
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  This is very explicitly taught in licensure programs.
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1. Science = Politics‏ @fake_knews 11 Sep 2019
  
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  Never understood the “learning styles”. I just made it up every time someone asked lol
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