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Learning Styles are NOT an Effective Guide for Learning Design
Resources and InformationMyth:
By diagnosing learners based on their learning styles, and then using that diagnosis to guide instruction, learning will be improved.
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Probably today's most ubiquitous learning myth is that people have different learning styles…
People Don’t Remember 10%, 20%, 30% — Not Even On a Cone
Resources and InformationMyth:
People remember 10% of what they hear, 20% of what they read, 30% of what they see, et cetera. (and variants thereof, including when these numbers are placed on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience)
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One of the most ubiquitous learning…
Who are These Debunkers?
Debunker Club NewsThe Debunker Club is about two months old and already hundreds of people have become members from all around the world (every continent but Antarctica)!
We've got teachers, university professors, trainers, instructional designers, consultants,…
April Fool’s Week 2015 — Bogus Percentages and Dale’s Cone
Debunker Club NewsThe Debunker Club's April Fool's Week 2015 is dedicated to debunking the myth that "people remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, etc. (and variants thereof) AND the bastardizations of Dale's…
April Fool’s Week
Debunker Club NewsThe Debunker Club sponsored -- as an experiment -- an April Fool's Week in 2015 with the idea of taking aim at one of the most ubiquitous pieces of information in the learning field--the bogus percent-remembering numbers and the corruptions…