Sources Analysis

Article Reference

Tardif, E., Doudin, P. A., & Meylan, N. (2015). Neuromyths among teachers and student teachers. Mind, brain, and Education, 9(1), 50-59.

Introduction

The authors stated that 76% of the public, 50% of those who have completed the neuroscience and 59% educators believe that people with dyslexia see letters backward and according to the research it is not true (Tardif et al., 2015). additionally, the authors state that it would be better if teachers shift from using neuromyths teaching approaches to the evidence-based methods of teaching since neuromyths believes are not scientifically proven and they thus why most students don’t achieve better results.

Thesis Statement

Neuromyths believes are the cause of the poor performance of most students in learning institutions.

Purpose

To find out why most people believe in neuromyths

Hypothesis

1. Some people are right brained while others are left brained and that is what contributes to the difference in our learning approaches

2. By puberty, stage drain is fully developed

3. Seeing letters backward is a sign of dyslexia

4. People don’t use 90 percent of their brain

5. When we are at sleep brain don’t work

Study Design

The authors used an online survey, whereby the interviewees’ responded to true or face kind of questions (Tardif et al., 2015). The participants in this research were the members of the public and people who have also studied neuroscience. Additionally, the research results show that the neuromyths believe are associated with the behaviors and learning but not the brain. The study was quantitative

The Participants

Educators, neuroscientists and members of the public

Measures

The research used the online survey method so the measure was an interview

Competency 3

According to research, the neuromyths are not scientifically proven therefore teachers should start using other scientifically proven methods.

Summary

The results of the survey shown that some people still believe in the neuromyth beliefs but the neuroscience and education training is facilitating in reducing these beliefs. 68% of the public, 46% of neuroscientist and 56% of educators still believe in the false beliefs (Tardif et al., 2015). After finding out that most neuromyths are associated with behaviors and learning but not the brain, the authors concluded that they will come up with an online training approach so can to dispel most common neuromyths.

Article Reference

Ayerst, D. (2016). Guardian; a biography of a newspaper. Collins.

Article Credibility

The article is credible since it published by The Guardian newspaper and the author is citing some scholars like the Lia commissar who is a project manager at the welcome trust. Additionally, the content of the article is also aligning with what I have ever learned previously (Ayerst, 2016). Furthermore, at the bottom of the article, the author has stated where he sourced the information and that is from the frontiers. Moreover, the article was published by the Guardian newspaper in 2016. Therefore it is not such outdated.

Summary

The article is addressing teachers, whereby scientists are advocating them to ditch neuromyth learning styles. Additionally, the article also emphasis on how the neuromyth learning styles are ineffective and how the approach is inappropriate since it can even lead to a waste of resources. Furthermore, the scientists urge teachers to abandon these teaching techniques since most of them don’t have any scientific evidence (Ayerst, 2016). Moreover, the article has also stated that an organization known as the speak zee is posting neuroscientists to various learning institution to educate teachers and students about the matter concerning neuromyths.

In conclusion, the article suggests that students should not be categorized as auditory or visual due to their learning styles, but instead they should be taught with the learning styles which they prefer and through that students will be able to learn more and achieve good scores.