Sports Pedagogy 2013 Keith Lyons Assessment Item 1

1. Learning Styles – Fact or Fiction?
Hannah Martin
Sports Coaching Pedagogy
Keith Lyons
2013

2. Learning Styles
Myth
or
Reality??
Image obtained from
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/144/9/5/Mythbusters_by_Billdrastal.jpg

3. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

4. Visual/ Spatial Learner
• Pictures and Images
http://www.mybrainonline.ca/
cms_doc_image.php?image=0
0000050

5. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

6. Auditory/Musical Learner
• Sounds and Music
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tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRk8elg8GKqyE
qVpOybcIyA2XbgV8ixpMi6NB7LfVF01kzMvKOs

7. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

8. Verbal or Linguistic Learner
• Written and spoken word
• Can easily express themselves
• Learn and use new words regularly

9. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

10. Physical/Kinaesthetic Learner
• The body and the sense of touch
http://static.ddmcdn.com/g
if/touching-1.jpg

11. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

12. Logical/Mathematical Learner
• Logic, reasoning and numbers
http://apslibrary.edublogs.org/files/2009/0
7/cool-maths-games-3-24f8dpp.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Doin
gInvestigations_chp6_4.png

13. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

14. INTERpersonal/Social Learner
• Like to learn in groups
http://collegeadmissions.testmasters.c
om/wp-
content/uploads/2012/02/STUDY-
GROUP.gif

15. Image obtained from
http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-
intelligences.png

16. INTRApersonal/Solitary Learner
• Learn better on their own
http://www.classdrc.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/08/study.jpg

17. Advocates say:
‘ Optimal instruction for individuals requires
diagnosing that individuals’ learning style
and then tailoring their instruction
accordingly’
Are we giving children excuses
not to learn??

18. Are learning styles as
important as once
thought?

19. Research
‘At the present, there is NO adequate evidence
base to justify incorporating learning style
assessments into general educational practice’
Where is the quantifiable
evidence?
•APS looked for proof that learning styles work:

20. WHY?

21. The answer is......
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/1
2/20/1226226/685284-money.gif
http://thegoodnessgrows.
com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/07
/misunderstanding.jpg

22. Active Promotion
•Dunn and Dunn
•Kolb
•Honey and Mumford
• Tests, assessment devices and online tech
• Producing and SELLING assessments to classify
students

23. Misunderstanding
• Children are born with Learning Skills not
Learning Styles
•Subjects should be taught in regards to
CONTENT not individual children
• The same kind of instruction cannot be used
for all subjects

24. To Conclude
• Whilst they are ‘pretty’ in theory, learning
styles are not realistic
• We must focus on the best way to teach
individual subjects to all children
Just because they prefer
pictures, does not mean they
cannot use words

25. MYTH BUSTED !
Thankyou for listening

26. References
• Curry, L. (1990). One critique of the research on learning styles. Educational Leadership, 48, 50–56.
• Pashler, Harold;McDaniel, Mark;Rohrer, Doug and Bjork, Robert. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence.
Psychological Science in the PUBLIC INTEREST, 9(3), 103-119.
• Mayer, R. (2009). Advances in applying the science of learning and instruction to education. Psychological Science
in the PUBLIC INTEREST, 9(3)
• Greene, J.C. (1980). Individual and teacher/class effects in aptitude
• treatment studies. American Educational Research Journal, 17,
• 291–302.
• http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/144/9/5/Mythbusters_by_Billdrastal.jpg
• http://www.indg.in/primary-education/best-practices/multipl-intelligences.png
• http://www.mybrainonline.ca/cms_doc_image.php?image=00000050
• https://encrypted-
tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRk8elg8GKqyEqVpOybcIyA2XbgV8ixpMi6NB7LfVF01kzMvKOs
• http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/touching-1.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/DoingInvestigations_chp6_4.png
• http://apslibrary.edublogs.org/files/2009/07/cool-maths-games-3-24f8dpp.jpg
• http://collegeadmissions.testmasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/STUDY-GROUP.gif
• http://www.classdrc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/study.jpg
• http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/12/20/1226226/685284-money.gif
• http://thegoodnessgrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/misunderstanding.jpg