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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

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For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger. For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners.

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How to use Digital Quick Writes–the video

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How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom.

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Reviving Engagement in the Spanish Classroom: A Musical Challenge with ChatGPT

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Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. What do you think the song is trying to communicate? 2022; Nuessel and Marshall, 2008; Vidal and Nordgren, 2024).

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

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To improve learning outcomes for all learners, the development of several learning style assessments and neurodiversity instructional methods over the past 25 years have supported the idea that students learn in diverse ways (Dimitrov & Deardorff, 2023). Further, Dada et al. References Bhandari, S., & Bhandari, A.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

To improve learning outcomes for all learners, the development of several learning style assessments and neurodiversity instructional methods over the past 25 years have supported the idea that students learn in diverse ways (Dimitrov & Deardorff, 2023). Further, Dada et al. References Bhandari, S., & Bhandari, A.

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Innovative Ways to Encourage Writing

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That’s what writing is about–taking what you know and putting it out there for all to see. When students hear the word “writing”, most think paper-and-pencil, maybe word processing, but that’s the vehicle, not the goal. North Carolina State University’s learning style quiz .

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7 Innovative Writing Methods for Students

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That’s what writing is about–taking what you know and putting it out there for all to see. When students hear the word “writing”, most think paper-and-pencil, maybe word processing, but that’s the vehicle, not the goal. North Carolina State University’s learning style quiz .

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