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To be fair, this is very person-specific, and this distinction of preferred learning methods is a common topic in pedagogy. Some folks, myself included, are au
by wanderfowl 8y ago
To be fair, this is very person-specific, and this distinction of preferred learning methods is a common topic in pedagogy. Some folks, myself included, are auditory learners, and will tend to retain more from a spoken lecture than a reading assignment. Some folks just can't retain audio as well as reading something, or need to take notes to retain (even if the notes are not consulted again).
This is why being a good teacher requires not just presenting the data in a good way for your learning modality of choice, but for all of them.
- bsder 8y ago"Learning styles" has actually been debunked repeatedly. The biggest problem is that the truly effective mechanisms for learning require very low student to teacher ratios and high engagement with and from the teacher over relatively short often repeated sessions (3 hour lectures, for example, do not qualify).
- specialist 8y agoI'm pretty sure there are personal styles, which might be undiagnosed cognitive issues. I probably have whatever "hearing dyslexia" is called. I seem to misunderstand a lot more words than the people around me. I'm the living version of that Benny Hill gag. Or Radner's SNL "violence on TV" skit. Regardless, I either have to take notes or totally lock my attention onto the speaker (which most people find creepy) to retain much.