Great Myths of Education and Learning
Published on 3. May 2016
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-118-70938-2 (ISBN)
Description
Great Myths of Education and Learning reviews the scientific research on a number of widely-held misconceptions pertaining to learning and education, including misconceptions regarding student characteristics, how students learn, and the validity of various methods of assessment.
* A collection of the most important and influential education myths in one book, with in-depth examinations of each topic
* Focusing on research evidence regarding how people learn and how we can know if learning has taken place, the book provides a highly comprehensive review of the evidence contradicting each belief
* Topics covered include student characteristics related to learning, views of how the learning process works, and issues related to teaching techniques and testing
Reviews / Votes
"Great Myths of Education and Learning is a little gem that should be read by anyone interested in taking an evidence-based approach to education. If you are interested in what the research has to say about how (or how not) to improve education, then this book is for you."-Richard E. Mayer, 2016. 'Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Education,' PsycCRITIQUES, November 21, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 47, Article 2
"The author uses excellent judgment in his choice of myths, provides a scholarly review of representative studies, and highlights the pitfalls of relying on common knowledge to make instructional decisions. I applaud the author's commitment to showing the important role of scientific evidence in education."
-Richard E. Mayer, 2016. 'Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Education,' PsycCRITIQUES, November 21, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 47, Article 2
"The book highlights the crucial relation between psychology and education-with psychology helping to provide scientific evidence relevant to educational practice and education providing realistic problems that spur psychologists to develop better theories of learning."
-Richard E. Mayer, 2016. 'Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Education,' PsycCRITIQUES, November 21, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 47, Article 2
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
484 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-70938-2 (9781118709382)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Jeffrey D. Holmes is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He teaches courses on general psychology, testing and assessment, research methods, and controversial psychological issues. Dr Holmes has published original research on racial attitudes as well as the teaching of psychology, and has published several book chapters on topics related to the importance of scientific thinking in understanding human behavior. He is the author of Social Psychology: Student Handbook to Psychology (2012).
Content
Introduction ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Students are accurate judges of how much they know 1
2 Students learn better when teaching methods are matched with their learning styles 11
3 Lecturing is broadly inferior to other teaching methods 25
4 Using PowerPoint in the classroom improves student learning 40
5 Minimally guided instruction is superior to traditional direct instruction 54
6 Rewards always undermine students' intrinsic motivation 67
7 Multitasking does not inhibit academic performance 81
8 People are either left-brained or right-brained 97
9 There are many independent varieties of intelligence 113
10 Self-esteem improves academic performance 128
11 Repetition is a highly effective study strategy 142
12 Multiple-choice exams are inferior to other exam formats 153
13 Students should not change answers on multiple-choice exams 163
14 Coaching produces large gains in college admission test scores 174
15 Standardized tests do not predict academic performance 184
16 Standardized ability tests are biased against some minority groups 194
Index 207