Will Crichton

I’m in a similar boat, and everything I’ve learned in the past few years has been self-taught… but OTOH @soylentqueen beat into my head that the research pretty much always shows that direct instruction trounces exploratory learning and that “learning styles” are sort of a myth.

gotta be careful with that particular idea i think, the pedagogical concerns and strategies of institutions don’t actually reveal that much about learning as an unstructured process, and most inspection of the “learning styles” meme is focused on schools and universities

I know nothing about this, so I can’t confirm or deny that, but IIRC there was evidence to suggest it does generalize more than you might think… but again, I’m totally uneducated here, and I know none of the nuance.

Yeah I was also under the impression that negative results on exploratory learning were based on classroom settings, where it seems unsurprising to me. I guess it's time to actually engage with the research... @soylentqueen (or anyone) have starting point recs?

A lot of empirical literature does focus on classrooms, but the consensus is that well-guided/scaffolded instruction outperforms constructivist approaches for individuals as well. I like this wiki: https://andrewcerniglia.com/phd/workflow/example/working%20memory.html …

I'm very happy to discuss further in DMs, but I don't champion this view outside of LS research circles anymore, since my experience is that these sorts of discussions often devolve into non-falsifiable assertions and I'm not trying to deny anyone's personal experiences.

OMG, yeah, debating constructivists is a pointless activity because you're questioning their mystical experiences, which isn't something that can be done rationally.

I at least wasn't debating, just relaying a personal experience about what didn't work. Wish it did.