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Physical Education will now consist solely of sit-ups. Trying to get kids to perform physical exertion with Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Swimming, h

Physical Education will now consist solely of sit-ups. Trying to get kids to perform physical exertion with Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Swimming, has proven to not improve their standardized scantron test scores. My snarky point is that when science finally determines how we can best measure the success of a child, we'll have a way to objectively measure given techniques. Until then, we're researching in a flawed framework. Creating a student-teacher bond, making students feel valued, making parents feel like their kids are getting something out of their tax dollars, long-term impacts on students, student eagerness to engage in a lesson... I question whether neuroscience has explored these aspects. Let alone teacher job satisfaction. Cripes, we're seeing all kinds of proof that we're beating creativity out of students. I can guarantee that mixing up how lessons are taught has a positive impact on student creativity. Does each student have their preferred learning style? I can't say that. But I strongly suspect that teaching lessons in varied styles has a positive impact. Relevant: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3978 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3978

Dylan16807 11y ago
>Does each student have their preferred learning style? I can't say that. But I strongly suspect that teaching lessons in varied styles has a positive impact. You seem to be implying that belief in learning styles would lead to more varied lessons. But couldn't it do the opposite, trying to sort students and feed each group the same type of lesson as much as possible?
- VikingCoder 11y ago
  No, I think there's something there in Learning Styles, which may be as simple as Varied Learning Technique. Going from Varied Learning Technique all the way to Learning Styles may do harm. I can't say.

Dylan16807 11y ago

>Does each student have their preferred learning style? I can't say that. But I strongly suspect that teaching lessons in varied styles has a positive impact. You seem to be implying that belief in learning styles would lead to more varied lessons. But couldn't it do the opposite, trying to sort students and feed each group the same type of lesson as much as possible?

VikingCoder 11y ago
No, I think there's something there in Learning Styles, which may be as simple as Varied Learning Technique. Going from Varied Learning Technique all the way to Learning Styles may do harm. I can't say.