I've posted this to a couple of my professional site, but I think this would be interesting to the members here.
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Fellow listmates,

My wife, a dean at a top level private Univ. sent this to me.

 

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/07/07/yoder

 

It has a great story about different learning styles, a focus on Aspergers but also read the comments at the end which speak of teaching to different learning styles, how many undiagnosed aspie and ADHD people there are, and how teachers in all grades and levels need to become more aware of different learning styles other than the text based and auditory methods they mostly use now. 

 

The professor in the story is definitely the exception, not the rule.  Let's hope in the next 10 years more and more of them become aware and begin to teach different learning styles on each topic so each student has the best chance to digest the information through the channel he/she best receives and processes information. 

 

 

 

Glen Hogard,

Senior Certified ADHD  Coach, A.C.T., ACO Co-Founder www.adhdcoaches.org

 

918-663-0255

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-5903

 

Currently working on www.adhdworld.net (almost ready to submit) and founder of Synapse Coaching www.synapsecoaching.com, www.glenhogard.com (site down for a few months now)