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The Stanway School Learning and Teaching
Dual Coding
When I first started teaching I was told that there were 3 different types of learning styles, and students had their preffered way of learning.
What if it is not this black and white, what if you learn using different styles for different subjects. When I think back to my degree level Law revision notes, they were colourful, full of diagrams and laid out in a way so that I could retreieve the information of the cases I needed to when I needed to.
For me, Dual coding is presenting ideas, concepts in a way that covers more than one learning style. In it simplest form, when writing on the board ensuring that you are saying what you are writing and giving the students the opportunity to read your lips at the same time.
In its more complex form it is incredibly refreshing and has made me question the way I currently present information to the students.
Using this method can help to improve memory and retrieval. Teachers should assume that cognitive load theory will be different in many different subjects and teaching and learning age groups. Therefore, how you deploy and use dual coding methods will vary significantly.
Below an article by Mgean Sumeracki looks at the difference between learning styles and Dual Coding.
Dual Coding and Learning Styles th June 2019
LEARNING SCIENTISTS POSTS, FOR TEACHERS, FOR PARENTS
The Article below by Doug Lemov, talks about the myth of learning styles and gives a great introduction to the theory of Dual Coding.
11.19.19HOW PEOPLE LEARN BEST: LEARNING STYLES VS. DUAL CODING, A GUEST POST BY BENJAMIN KEEP
Below is an article Published by Adam Boxer on How we can use Dual Coding to Boost memory.
InnerDrive have released a guide to revision tips and techiques using Dual Coding
Below find some educational Psychological research into Dual coding conducted by R Mayer and R Anderson at the University of Califonia.
The Article below shows how teachers have improved note taking using the principles of dual coding. By Fiona Wilson and Jane Miller Impact school improvement LTD
Why drawing makes the difference – How schools are using sketchnoting to improve outcomes
In March 2017 ‘The Conversation’ wrote a great article on how students who were presented the same information in comic book format recalled more information than a group who were presented information in text.
How the humble comic book could become the next classroom superhero
March 2, 2017 9.49am GMT
