Read this insightful article on the myth of learning styles. Education Week’s Keith Lambert, Education World Associate Contributing Editor, wrote a response to the letter many prominent psychologists and neuroscience professors penned to The Guardian. Lambert doesn’t contradict the content of the letter, but instead examines the evidence and makes suggestions about how educators can refocus their energies to help students understand how they learn. He also discusses how help students not only capitalize on their strengths, but also bolster their weaknesses to combat the idea that a person can only learn information in one way.
