The Biggest Myth In Education

I love Veritasium. Derek has done a number of videos that are awesome like this. The videos are great and educational, but he also manages to subtly weave in an almost spiritual subtext to them as well. For example, in this one, you learn about imaginary numbers in some cool ways, history, how awesome e^ix is, etc, but also this yen-yang balance between embracing not only what is real but taking a chance on what is imaginary. Some of my other favorites: - ▶ this video - link - link - link - link I think he’s going to lose the $10,000 bet on the car though.

This is debunked to some extent. Veritasium made a good video about it. ▶ this video Personally I find a multi-pronged approach is necessary to really learn anything. Read it. Read it again. Visual guides are helpful. Work some examples. Make some mistakes, debug them, find the corner cases, write tests. Eventually when I've poked around the material for a while it starts to bed in. Three months later it's forgotten, but when I learn it the next time I move a lot faster!

you'll definitely find this video: ▶ this video interesting. Here they discuss the (lack of)efficacy of "visual learning"

“Introduction to Linear Algebra” by Gilbert Strang is the book. Recommend getting a used older edition as not much has changed. His course at MIT is legendary, completely available online link And there’s so much good linear algebra stuff on YouTube from 3brown1blue. If you can do one thing now, watch this Veritasium video to disprove the myth that you’re a visual learner: ▶ this video .

Veritasium has a very good video on the subject.[0] Sources are in the description but I might as well post them here. Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119. — link Willingham, D. T., Hughes, E. M., & Dobolyi, D. G. (2015). The scientific status of learning styles theories. Teaching of Psychology, 42(3), 266-271. — link Massa, L. J., & Mayer, R. E. (2006). Testing the ATI hypothesis: Should multimedia instruction accommodate verbalizer-visualizer cognitive style?. Learning and Individual Differences, 16(4), 321-335. — link Riener, C., & Willingham, D. (2010). The myth of learning styles. Change: The magazine of higher learning, 42(5), 32-35.— link Husmann, P. R., & O'Loughlin, V. D. (2019). Another nail in the coffin for learning styles? Disparities among undergraduate anatomy students’ study strategies, class performance, and reported VARK learning styles. Anatomical sciences education, 12(1), 6-19. — link Snider, V. E., & Roehl, R. (2007). Teachers’ beliefs about pedagogy and related issues. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 873–886. doi:10.1002/pits.20272 — link Fleming, N., & Baume, D. (2006). Learning Styles Again: VARKing up the right tree!. Educational developments, 7(4), 4. — link Rogowsky, B. A., Calhoun, B. M., & Tallal, P. (2015). Matching learning style to instructional method: Effects on comprehension. Journal of educational psycholo

I kind of wish this urban myth dies. There are more common things amongst humans about learning than differences. By a long shot. Veritasium covered this in much greater detail but still approachable by the laymen: ▶ this video It almost always shutsdown the discussion of improving or criticizing learning methods. Because, there is this deus-ex-machina of learning "Everyone is different" and therefore we must not question, we must not contest, we must not improve. Btw, this is also rampant in other dysfunctional fields such as nutrition and product-reviews.

While we now know a lot about teaching, a lot of misconceptions have been found recently regarding “truths” about teaching, its a fascinating subject really, and the main problem seems to be lack of rigorous repeatable double blind testing for all of those things. Veritasium did a very interesting video on the subject: ▶ this video

Glad to hear you were able to find a mechanism that clicked and stuck with it after that! The concept of learning styles for individuals though is a common myth link ▶ this video There isn't any evidence that individuals learn best to a single style and generally approaching learning from multiple facets is the best way for everyone to learn!

Typically the researchers pay the subjects. It's a very active area of research though, and many reward schemes have been used and studied. Derek goes into some of the research here: ▶ this video

Veritasium on this topic : ▶ this video The most important thing in learning is to actively engage one's Imagination in various ways. Algebraic/Geometric mappings, Multi-level abstractions, Shifting between Abstraction and Concrete Reality, Relationship networks etc. are all needed.

> Find a good textbook or online course that is tailored to your level and learning style. Learning styles is a myth. Here's a popular video talking about it [0]. [0] The Biggest Myth In Education. ▶ this video

> But aside from the flat statement do you have anything to back it up? Well, here's a comment from elsewhere in the thread: > If you can do one thing now, watch this Veritasium video to disprove the myth that you’re a visual learner: ▶ this video . ( link ) I haven't watched the video, but, like your parent comment, I was already aware that "learning styles" was a research area supported almost exclusively by fraud. If you want more links, you can find them pretty easily through link .