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wrong. different people have different learning styles, so while some people may learn from writing notes others may learn from listening, reading or even sayin

wrong. different people have different learning styles, so while some people may learn from writing notes others may learn from listening, reading or even saying things aloud. one of the best things i've learned from peter drucker is that one key to success is to understand your learning style: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styl...

jdsnape 13y ago
Sure, but this is talking about a whole room of people. What's the chance that no one would benefit from taking notes?
ZeroGravitas 13y ago
I was just about to point out that learning styles had been fairly thouroughly debunked, but I see your own link says that too: "While the idea that students have fixed, specific learning styles is not supported by scientific research, providing students with multiple ways to learn content has been shown to improve student learning". Your link also seems to conflate the topics of "multiple intelligences" and "learning styles", the self-diagnostic quiz seems aimed more at the former.
- michaelpinto 13y ago
  Well don't take my word for it, but if you have a chance read what Drucker has to say: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~peterb/3005-001/managingoneself.pdf http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~peterb/3005-001/managingoneself.pdf And yes maybe that's just anecdotal, but I've applied that approach in my own life and was pleased by the results.
  - ZeroGravitas 13y ago
    It's a bit beyond anecdotal. His anecdote compares the performance of someone getting the written questions for a press conference at least half an hour in advance and for whatever random reason latches onto the "written" rather than the "half hour in advance" part. His assertion that "there are readers and listeners and that people are rarely both" is, as far as I'm aware, entirely unsupported by science, and not even defined by Drucker in any useful way. Yes, his general message of "know thyself" is fairly sound, but most of the specifics in that article are feel-good babble.

jdsnape 13y ago

Sure, but this is talking about a whole room of people. What's the chance that no one would benefit from taking notes?

ZeroGravitas 13y ago

I was just about to point out that learning styles had been fairly thouroughly debunked, but I see your own link says that too: "While the idea that students have fixed, specific learning styles is not supported by scientific research, providing students with multiple ways to learn content has been shown to improve student learning". Your link also seems to conflate the topics of "multiple intelligences" and "learning styles", the self-diagnostic quiz seems aimed more at the former.

michaelpinto 13y ago
Well don't take my word for it, but if you have a chance read what Drucker has to say: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~peterb/3005-001/managingoneself.pdf http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~peterb/3005-001/managingoneself.pdf And yes maybe that's just anecdotal, but I've applied that approach in my own life and was pleased by the results.
- ZeroGravitas 13y ago
  It's a bit beyond anecdotal. His anecdote compares the performance of someone getting the written questions for a press conference at least half an hour in advance and for whatever random reason latches onto the "written" rather than the "half hour in advance" part. His assertion that "there are readers and listeners and that people are rarely both" is, as far as I'm aware, entirely unsupported by science, and not even defined by Drucker in any useful way. Yes, his general message of "know thyself" is fairly sound, but most of the specifics in that article are feel-good babble.