<p>Almost certainly, you were told that your instruction should match
your students&#39; styles. For example, kinesthetic learners—students who
learn best through hands-on activities—are said to do better in classes
that feature plenty of experiments, while verbal learners are said to
do worse.</p>
Now four psychologists argue that you were told wrong. There is no strong scientific evidence to support the &quot;matching&quot; idea, they contend in a <a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/index.cfm?journal=pspi&amp;content=pspi/9_3">paper published this week</a> in <em>Psychological Science in the Public Interest. </em>And there is absolutely no reason for professors to adopt it in the classroom.<br>
<br><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/">http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/</a><br clear="all"><br>cheers,<br>Sameer<br>-- <br>Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor, Information Systems<br>
Director, Center for Business Solutions<br>San Francisco State University<br><a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a> <br><a href="http://cbs.sfsu.edu/">http://cbs.sfsu.edu/</a> <br><a href="http://is.sfsu.edu/">http://is.sfsu.edu/</a> <br>