Month: October 2021

A Slippery Myth: How Learning Style Beliefs Shape Reasoning about Multimodal Instruction and Related Scientific Evidence

Abstract The learning style myth is a commonly held myth that matching instruction to a student’s “learning style” will result in improved learning, while providing mismatched instruction will result in suboptimal learning. The present study used a short online reasoning exercise about the efficacy of multimodal instruction to investigate the nature of learning styles beliefs. […]

Published on October 4, 2021

Language Processing Differences Between Blind and Sighted Individuals and the Abstract Versus Concrete Concept Difference

Abstract In the property listing task (PLT), participants are asked to list properties for a concept (e.g., for the concept dog, “barks,” and “is a pet” may be produced). In conceptual property norming (CPNs) studies, participants are asked to list properties for large sets of concepts. Here, we use a mathematical model of the property […]

Published on October 4, 2021