Even as the oft-accepted notion of multiple-learning styles was called into question by a recent NY Times article ("
Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits" by Benedict Carey, 09/06/2010), teachers infer that different students think differently, based on the questions they ask, how they assemble information, and misconceptions they hold. What's really neat is to see those differences revealed in the layout of their concept maps.
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Educator Michele Benoit (Bangor, ME) addresses challenges she experienced getting her students to make connections with science content.
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