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Understanding learning styles via Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

eSchool News

As educators, our responsibility lies not only in disseminating knowledge but also in understanding and accommodating the diverse learning styles present among our students. Learning styles refer to the preferred methods individuals use to absorb, process, and retain information.

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Navigating cultural diversity in American education

eSchool News

Within the educational landscape, the concept of Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) has emerged as a multifaceted approach that aims to promote equitable excellence and validate the diverse experiences of students. Effective teaching is deemed as inherently and inevitably culturally responsive.

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Don’t Waste the First Day of School

Catlin Tucker

Then they fold the index cards in half and write their names on the front so I can begin learning them. What’s Your Learning Style Quiz. They move right from the 10 questions activity to an online quiz titled “What’s Your Learning Style?” Socrative Pop Culture Space Race.

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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

Edsurge

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 work for equity of access in classrooms

eSchool News

This includes considerations for students with disabilities, such as providing text alternatives for images and accommodating various learning styles. Professional development should focus on integrating technology in ways that support different learning styles and address the needs of students with varying abilities.

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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). Innovative pedagogy and practice for E-STEM Learning.

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Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

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Recently, Education Week published an article describing culturally-questionable activities and language found in Studies Weekly , a social studies curriculum used by more than 13,000 schools across the country. Of course, curriculum is only a small part of what’s needed to create culturally-responsive classrooms.

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