Ask the Cognitive Scientist

Daniel T. Willingham:

Modality theory—the idea that students differ in their visual, auditory, and kinesthetic abilities and learn more when instruction is geared to their strengths—has been a popular idea for decades. But research has found that learning is enhanced by designing instruction around the content’s best modality, not the student’s.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 10, 2005 4:40 PM
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