Should We Be Using Learning Styles? What Research Has to Say to Practice
Learning style instruments are widely used. But are they reliable and valid? Do they have an impact on pedagogy? This...
Group Work and Whole-Class Teaching with 11- to 14-Year-Olds Compared
This article compares the academic performance and classroom behavior of pupils when taught new concepts or engaged in problem-solving in...
The Myth of Learning Styles
There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist. In what follows, we will begin by defining “learning styles”; then...
Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They Impact Student Learning?
Mobile devices are ubiquitous- including in the college classroom. Instructors across disciplines now compete with a host of electronic stimuli...
Teaching in the Machine Age: How Innovation Can Make Bad Teachers Good and Good Teachers Better
As scientific understanding and artificial intelligence leap forward, many professions—such as law, accounting, animation, and medicine—are changing in dramatic ways....
Effective Pedagogies for Girls’ Learning
Gender issues have been a focus for many educational research studies in recent decades, sparked by the differential responses of...