Tailoring Teaching Instructions According to Student’s Different Learning Styles: Are We Hitting the Right Button?
To address the diverse preferred learning styles, one of the oft-cited recommendations for educators is to tailor teaching instructions accordingly. This pedagogy however, lacks scientific evidences. Furthermore, in medical curriculum, tailoring instructions according to preferred learning styles...
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Medical Education Department, School of Medical Sciences,
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13699/1/Tailoring%20Teaching%20Instructions%20According%20to%20Student%27s%20Different%20Learning%20Styles%20%28abstract%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13699/ http://dx.doi.org/10.5959/eimj.v8i3.455 |
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| Summary: | To address the diverse preferred learning styles, one of the oft-cited recommendations for educators
is to tailor teaching instructions accordingly. This pedagogy however, lacks scientific evidences.
Furthermore, in medical curriculum, tailoring instructions according to preferred learning styles is
not pragmatic. This is because different subjects and in different settings matter may be best delivered
in specific delivery mode. Furthermore, patients’ presentations are often multi-sensorial. As such, the
onus is on the students themselves to adjust the amount of learning efforts they put in according to
their preferred or not preferred learning styles. |
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