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I think learning styles do exist but they are not being represented properly. The idea of matching style with content makes the most sense to me. "Instead, teachers should worry about matching their instruction to the content they are teaching. Some concepts are best taught through hands-on work, some are best taught through lectures, and some are best taught through group discussions (Glenn, 2009)." I would take the idea's Pashler presented and use learning styles appropriately to convey different styles of information.




The second article offered a more simple way to describe learning styles and how they are used. I used to believe in the concept of learning styles but I think there is a more effective approach to help a classroom discover their full potential and what kind of learner he or she is. "learning styles are not really concerned with what learners learn, but rather how they prefer to learn (Clark, 2000)."





My MI came back to say "Naturalist." I found a geocaching activity that directly relates to Social Studies. Geocaching is a sort of treasure that happens all over the world. You get GPS coordinates to locate a box, which can be very small or very large. Inside the boxes people can put anything they want in them, in reason. For this specific geocache, students will answer questions about Constitution Day. Six caches represent six different facts about the Constitution and the people involved. This activity is not designed to be a test, its just to see what students do know about the Constitution. Click here to get connected to this activity.









References:







Clark, D. (2000, May 9). Big dog and little dog. Retrieved from http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html



Glenn, D. (2009, December 15). Chronicle of higher eduacation. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to-/49497/



Sotherden, J., & Meredith, S. (n.d.). Constitution day geocaching . Retrieved from http://geocache.itrtblog.com/2010/09/constitution-day-geocaching/