There's an article and an audio file over at NPR's Health Blog where they summarize some of the recent controversy over "learning styles".
We've all heard the theory that some students are visual learners, while others are auditory learners. And still other kids learn best when lessons involve movement.But should teachers target instruction based on perceptions of students' strengths? Several psychologists say education could use some "evidence-based" teaching techniques, not unlike the way doctors try to use "evidence-based medicine."
Are we looking at the pedagogical equivalent of the CAST Trial? Is what "made sense" for years actually the wrong thing to do?
