tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post1167528185365089190..comments2023-10-31T09:19:18.737-07:00Comments on Organized Chaos: learning styles, et al, Education myths no one bothers to tell us aboutorganized chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-34949254028835164432010-11-22T13:43:33.754-08:002010-11-22T13:43:33.754-08:00Mary- I am exactly like you- I take notes all the ...Mary- I am exactly like you- I take notes all the time just because the act of writing it down helps me remember. It drives me crazy when professors say "Oh, you don't need to write this down, it's in the slides" because once I'm not writing it goes in one ear and out the other.<br />I think Jason summarized the study best by isolating the problem in identifying students with one modality. <br />As far as Omega-3s go the current research shows no effect on classroom performance, however the research does has been limited. The field is still open, and my guess is that studies on Omega-3s with depression only look at the depression and not at students in a classroom, which is why "there is no research". but who knows. It will be interesting to see what research comes in the future!organized chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-14889902125558325932010-11-22T04:02:26.769-08:002010-11-22T04:02:26.769-08:00Just a parent (and former student here) but I have...Just a parent (and former student here) but I have to agree that it was worth it for all of the manners of teaching to enter the classroom. My second grader is not a kinesthetic learner ONLY but some types of material stays with him longer if he can move at some point during the day. For me, hearing information isn't always enough. I also need to see the concepts or write them down. In college and law school I ALWAYS took notes. At the law firm I wrote things I wanted to remember down, and even if I never looked at the notes, I remembered better. Maybe its the repetition as you said, or that some folks need to use their whole brains to get the information in (or for me, some types of information needed multiple entry points to stick). Whatever it is, I think the movement brought a lot of good to the classroom.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-76919970713091224782010-11-21T17:36:37.115-08:002010-11-21T17:36:37.115-08:00Omega-3s are involved in preventing depression. Th...Omega-3s are involved in preventing depression. That's been proven in studies on prisoners and on diagnosed depression patients. That might be enough to make a difference in the classroom, especially in high-needs/high-stress classrooms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-12139324207024839992010-11-21T15:55:35.476-08:002010-11-21T15:55:35.476-08:00..having children run short sprints improved their...<b>..having children run short sprints improved their attention and learning in the classroom</b><br /><br />We have a teacher at our local school that does this with her classes. <br />It's a bit confounding at first when you see children doing a grammar exercise (45minutes into the start of the day) and suddenly the teacher says " OK, everyone outside with your hats on!"<br /><br />Hoo Roo ☺☺☺magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466257259326614449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-18660803382613114422010-11-21T13:00:52.476-08:002010-11-21T13:00:52.476-08:00I've read the study...I think. What I got from...I've read the study...I think. What I got from it was the problem comes by saying, "This kid's an auditory learner, thus all learning will best be done through listening." That's the mythbusted part. On the other hand, it was fairly clear that certain things were best learned through certain modalities. I think Geometry was used as an example. There's no question that you've got to see geometry. And clearly, you've got to act out physical education. So while matching kids by learning styles was pretty bunk (and kinda ridiculous if you thought about it for a little) it's worth investing some thought into how a specific topic/discipline is learned best.<br /><br /><br />As an aside, Hal Pashler was one of my professors in college and I don't really remember anything from his class. So whatever style he used was probably ineffective. :)Jason Buellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-50168861741681967952010-11-21T07:02:45.672-08:002010-11-21T07:02:45.672-08:00Thanks for answering my question! The learning sty...Thanks for answering my question! The learning style myth is something I had suspected all along, but I think you hit the nail right on the head by suggesting that repetition in different modalitities and kinesthetic learning are both good things that came out of this push. Lots of good food for thought here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com