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I strongly agree in presenting a topic in a variety of ways since being able to relate new information to information already known is a major key to learning n

• dmix 9y ago
  > I have a strong assumption that when many people hear "learning styles", they assume it to this instead of auditory vs visual. Or the assume each individual only benefits from one in all situations (being half awake, interested in the subject, etc, etc). Which is a ridiculous assumption once you really think about it.
  • jldugger 9y ago
    And yet I've have teachers growing up who gave classes workshops to help them identify their learning style, as if it was as inherent as a pokemon type.
• mygo 9y ago
  > The more ways a topic is presented, the better chance a person's brain can relate it to something already known. Well there’s that, but it also goes further. The more ways a topic is presented, the more context there is for the learner to see how those things relate to each other. Give me both a formula and a graph and I will be able to use them together to better understand the concept. They reinforce each other.