Horizon Report

Horizon Report

The author disproved the value of using learning styles in instruction because of its false validity and effectiveness in determining a student’s actual learning method. For example, the author states “learning style inventories are considered force-response choices” (Gillespie’s, 2014). The article uses the teaching methods in a science class to provide evidence of this force-response theory. The author states even though the learners prefer demonstrations when explaining scientific theories, does not classify all learners as having a visual style. The course is naturally set up to be taught in a visual manner and has no correlation with a learner’s specific style of learning. Distinguished psychologist finds learning styles unnecessary in general education by the fact there are no proven records that learning styles exist after conducting a thirty-year educational evaluation.  The author claims educational content are categorized regarding the meaning and not by learning style models. The author states one’s superior sense does not necessarily mean it is the best model for gauging how a student learns (Gillespie, 2014).

I would consider implementing the choice board concept into the classroom to provide students with options regarding their course work. The choice board style I would pick will be the menu style template to upload to a smart board. Students would use their mobile devices to select their lesson choices and proceed to a drive-thru window to complete their transactions. The only catch at the check out window will be that students must have at least one required assignment on their plate to check out. If for some reason, some students are having a hard time deciding what lesson plans to choose, I would create interactive grab bag lesson plans. These grab bags would have a mixture of various lesson plans in them and students can work from these bags to complete the required class assignments. So, not only will students have choices in their course work, they will even have options on how they will select their course workload.

References

Gillespie, R. (2014, January 19). 10 Statements disproving the use of learning styles in education. Retrieved from http://reedgillespie.blogspot.com/2014/01/10-statements-debunking-using-of.html