You are not a visual learner — learning styles are a stubborn myth. Part of this video is sponsored by Google Search.
Special thanks to Prof. Daniel Willingham for the interview and being part of this video.
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YES I AM
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TAAAALLLLL GUURLLLLL !!!!
I am a visual learner I know myself and how I learn 🤦
Russia is not just one country. I'm a visual person, and it's better for me to see it on a map 🙂
What a flex, to be sponsored by GOOGLE
I need to understand something to learn it. I've never been able to study by memorizing things which is why i always hated tests. But if know the context behind something, the why or the how it works i might not remember all of the terminology or dates but as long as i understand it i can relay it in my own words which is why i always did good on essays in contrast to quizzes and tests.
11:45 important point
Welp, I always used visuals to study and learn. And then hands on. I doubt they really know what visual learning means. And what auditory learning means. Because if you give new information to Anyone, they won’t memorize first go because no one learns like that. You need to view/hear it again. That’s why when they “tried again” and they were able to “memorize,” Suddenly they could. And a map for geography perfectly explains the difference between visual and auditory. Visual, you wouldn’t memorize the map, you’d memorize a picture of whatever you’re trying to remember first. Maybe Texas, you’d visualize cowboys. For auditory learners, they might think of the accent or something of that nature. I’m a visual learner, so I just jump to a visual.
If you get exposed to something new, you won’t be able to recall it. If you get exposed to it again, you’ll be able to recall it better.
Same thing with holding your hand in ice. 🙄 I think more research just needs to go into, if we picture stuff More, what part of the brain is that? And same for auditory.
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I KWOW HUMOR IS A GREAT WAY TO EDUCADO STUDENT, and Make tiempo THINK ‼️ For themselves ‼️🏫 8:58
I like to keep and open mind and learn in any way that I can. A better way would actually to complement the "learning styles" using every sense that we have.
This stuff is still being pushed at university too. 😢
I'm somewhat a combination of the first 3 😭 its like if you don't show me, explain it and then write it or read it out, i feel like I've missed parts of the information
Even when taught this in school as a kid I thought it sounded reductive and struggled to decide which one I was. How do you learn mathematics without diagrams and written formulas? What kind of savant learns and remembers lessons best when delivered purely orally? This doesn't surprise me at all. Of course certain subjects are easier to explain through different methods and media. A variety of tools are necessary to keep people engaged, help them develop ideas and aid memory retention.
Don't get how it's a "myth". But ok
As an artist, I know only too well that people like me learn through pictures. Hands on experience is similar, as it allows me to recall through playing through the pictures of my memory.
@2:58 🤣🤣🤣
my learning style is teachers giving irrelevant anecdotes
I remember in highschool Maths, my teacher let me help students that didn't understand and I think it worked because I could keep code switching until I said it in terms they understood. So it wasn't the method but their ability to relate to the person explaining it that seemed to help.
I later was asked to privately tutor maths in Uni using similar methods. (Most notably it was for students of disadvantaged backgrounds)
Later I also learned that if I mix creative methods with logical methods, I can empower one or both in my audience.
Interaction is a powerful tool for maintaining attention too.
Multimodal is definitely the way to go.
I got my teaching credentials in 2010. Learning styles were what it was all about.
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This doesn't account for DIFFICULTY. Some people are masking neurodivergency.
The study seemed to be sort of an all or nothing type thing right (visual learners get pictures and that’s it), so would it be wrong to make the argument that you may perform better when a specific form of learning is exaggerated in a multimodal learning approach?
For example:
People that prefer subtitles when watching a video
People that prefer bg music in their videos
People that prefer stronger visuals in their videos
I would assume each of these would increase engagement with their preferred audience but not sure if that starts seeping into a different concept all together.
If you’re not a visual learner then explain mechanical devices without making one, having a sample, and without drawings. Without your eyes learning becomes considerably more difficult.
my learning stlye is writing down and repeating
my learning style: being consistent
Generally I remember the teachers who taught me with activities to be really good but the best teacher I ever had focused more on diagrams.
I have had trouble focusing in class so the teachers that kept me interested I did better with. Generally the teachers that kept me interested used a lot of activities or used a lot of discussions.
I imagined riding a bike on a cloudy freezing rock beach under drizzle and watching a penguin standing next to his tiny penguin bed with a bell around his neck being annoyed about the rain.
Is the street experiment testing “learning” or “recall”? Also, why should both be mutually exclusive?
Learning styles might not exist in fixed forms. Different techniques might work better in different people, and the same might occur in the way people learn.
Well i think the "non scientific" tests u made people go through were more aimed towards testing their overall memorization abilities instead of learning styles im general, learning i believe is a mix of memorization and probpem solving skills, how will ine memorize the pieces of the puzzle, then how will he be putting them together in order to reach a goal of some sort !
I learn great when u get straight to the point.
doesn't matter what learning style, I just need some way to understand the rules of what I am learning
language structure, physical capabilities of a material, etc
it all needs the basic knowledge, and then just try/think and be shown confirmation that it is true or false
what a crap …each baby does visual learning – in fact its the entry to learn …no words…just sights…..
at least you also dont know about Vera Birkenbiehl….but spreading BS her :))
Any educator can tell you rote memorization (which is what you are testing) is not actually helpful to learning. Your test is woefully flawed.
Learning styles are not a preference. If you go broader than vark, you will learn that there are learning styles that are primarily used in schools and others that aren't. I process through all of the vark methods, though I suck musically. And if you put me outdoors, especially in a forest setting (natural) with a book and graphs, I will learn best. I can learn in a classroom, but it isn't my best learning.
I do agree that we must as educators activate multiple forms of learning, and if we incorporate all the methods our students learn more, but for many students certain forms are necessary to actually learn. Maybe it is my background in special education, or the fact that I have worked with so many children who can't read, but figuring out what they need more than the rest can 100% help. In addition to finding how they acquire knowledge, I also had to figure out how they showed their knowledge, and that was even more interesting. I've had students who had some crazy little quirks that showed they were acquiring the knowledge, but most educators just wrote these kids off and truly said some terrible things.
Regarding your experiment, does memorizing equate to learning? If only learning were that easy.
Click bait. And dumb. Yes there is I can / any one can easily prove it. Maybe it’s about the definition? Nope ? And your test itself was ignorant, yes ignorant. Was used just to try to prove the unprovable. This video was laughable if not for its falseness.
OMG, thank you! For the life of me, I could never figure out what my favorite learning style is, and it's always bothered me. Now I know! It's all of them.
Moral after 13 min use all of your sensory organs to learn…. Not rely on one or two….😂