Layers of Learning: Understanding the Complexity of Student Talent and Academic Success
“Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham claims there’s no data to support the fact that kids all learn in fundamentally different ways. This is not to say that all children should be taught in the same way, but that the source of different learning styles has more to do with talents and interests than the development of certain parts of the brain.
Evidence actually supports information to the contrary, which states that students learn best from lessons that employ all verbal, visual, auditory and kinesthetic explanations of the material. In other words, it’s the layered experiences that really allow educational ideas to stick with students, rather than just a single method.”
