1. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT LEARNING ZACH HAMBRICK How People Learn Forum, April 27, 2012

2. Cognitive Ability  What constructs underlie variation in cognitive ability?

3. Cognitive Ability  Can we increase cognitive ability by training these constructs?

4. Cognitive Ability  Meaningful individual differences—even in college classroom

5. Cognitive Ability

7. More to the Story… SAT for Overall GPA… r =.45 2 x 100 = 20%

8. Learning Styles  The view that people learn information in different ways, e.g., verbally vs. visually

9. Evaluation of the Evidence

10.  Existence of preferences: People do express different preferences

11. Evaluation of the Evidence  Meshing hypothesis: Learning is best when learning style and instructional format match or “mesh”

12. Evaluation of the Evidence  Meshing hypothesis: Learning is best when learning style and instructional format match or “mesh” (1)Divide subjects into learning-style groups (2)Randomly assign subjects to learning-style methods (3)Give all subjects same achievement tests (4)Observe a “cross-over” interaction…

13. Evaluation of the Evidence  Meshing hypothesis: Learning is best when learning style and instructional format match or “mesh”

14. Evaluation of the Evidence  Evidence-based education…