In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael discuss what "learning styles" means, then take some online learning styles assessments (several questions from one assessment, and a few from some others). We answer, criticize, and logically analyze the questions, putting them in context of education and human life.


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About Scott:
Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.

In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years.

Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars.

Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.


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Show notes and external links:
1. Learning Styles on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles

2. Learning Styles on Vanderbilt University's Website: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/learning-styles-preferences/

3. "Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education" by Paul A. Kirschner a & Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer: http://ocw.metu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/3298/course/section/1174/Do%20Learners%20Really%20Know%20Best.pdf

4. Learning style inventories/assessments:

a. https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/IDEAS%202014%20Handouts/LearningStyleInventory.pdf

b. https://www.mbaea.org/media/documents/learningstyleinventory_survey_1F84C345CE750.pdf

c. http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

d. https://www.how-to-study.com/learning-style-assessment/

e. http://www.sjsu.edu/eop/current-students/workshops/ACADEMIC_Learning%20Style%20Inventory.pdf

f. https://students.iusb.edu/academic-success-programs/academic-centers-for-excellence/barsch.html

g. https://www.sps186.org/downloads/basic/452573/STAR%20PTP%20LEARNING%20STYLE%20INVENTORY.pdf

Image courtesy Scott Harris.