Chapter+9+Individual+Differences

BradSmith I'm a big NPR fan...if you can find the time, they are worth it...the first two are NPR broadcasts over the achievement gap, and the third is a spoof on culture bias and standardized tests...it's really funny and well done. [|www.npr.org] › [|News] › [|US] › [|Education] You +1'd this publicly. [|Undo] Aug 22, 2011 – In the meantime, we're talking today about the //achievement gap//. **...** The //achievement gap// usually refers to the differences between the test **...** [|www.npr.org] › [|News] › [|Health] You +1'd this publicly. [|Undo] Jan 10, 2011 – A child growing up in a poor home hears fewer words per hour on average than a child in a higher-income household, research has shown. You've visited this page 2 times. Last visit: 1/30/12 The Lessons: HI STAKES TESTING = MIS-EDUCATION - youtube...very funny; however, great point and message! []
 * ===[|What Works To Close The Education //Gap// : //NPR//]===
 * ===[|Closing The //Achievement Gap// With Baby Talk : //NPR//]===

Tyrus Merry The first website I found is called learning for mastery and can be found here: [] It includes an interesting concept called //flipping the classroom//, which entails the lesson being watched at home before class, leaving more time at school for hands-on work.

The second site can be found here: []

It is a longer, 20 min., pod-cast explanation of using pod/vod-casts to help with mastery learning.

Stephanie Hubler [] This video shows a cognitive psychology professor’s ideas that learning styles really don’t exist. Professor Daniel Willingham believes that the theory of learning styles is incorrect. He talks about how people do visually, auditorily, and kinesthetically retain or store information but that the theory is wrong. He believes people are better at learning some material in different ways but most learn through making meaning, whichever form it may take.

[] Wow!!! Ok, so this might be a little inappropriate but I thought it was hilarious. It is a discussion forum from “In The Know” that talks about standardized tests being biased. Well, they refer to how the tests may be biased but they really don’t get too much into it. They talk about how the education system is supposed to prepare students for the real world but they say people in the real world don’t care! Which, I have to say, for a lot of people that is true. It makes me ask the question also, “Are standardized tests preparing kids for the real world?” Really, how many of us in our careers have to take tests without the use of any resources? If there is something you don’t know, how do you find the answer? I look it up online! So, are standardized tests preparing our students for the real world?

Joe Dumas

Below is a website that lets you take a test to determine your learning styles, and to suggest ways to improve them.

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I've added a powerpoint I found regarding the debate on tracking classes. It is pretty comprehensive, and includes several good references for anyone interested in learning more about the issue.