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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

In this article, we’ll provide an overview of learning styles and a fair presentation of the research for and against the theory. Then, we’ll discuss how to best incorporate what the learning styles theory teaches about individualized learning in the classroom. What Are the Four Learning Styles?

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Recent research reinforces this perspective. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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Natural Differentiation and Personalization Through Open Ended Learning Activities

User Generated Education

This actually is a definition of differentiation. Many classrooms consist of students from different knowledge backgrounds, multiple cultures, both genders, and students with a range of disabilities or exceptionalities (Alavinia & Fardy, 2012). Diane Laufenberg in What Do We Really Mean When We Say ‘Personalized Learning’?

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of learner Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching &Learning Series (Part 5)

100mentors

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge learners to engage in Approaches to Learning. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction. The answer to this riddle can be the “flipped classroom”.

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of student Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 5)

100mentors

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. Acknowledge your students as individual learners through differentiated instruction. Promote an environment that welcomes all learners.

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

We know that learner variability exists, and research suggests it is growing in classrooms across the nation. It is therefore essential to personalize instruction based upon learner differences if we are going to ensure that all students thrive in our schools. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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