Learning Styles in Tom Waymans Students Essay - 1281 Words

The poem â€Å"Students† by Tom Wayman, shows four different learning styles: The Vaccination Theory of Education, The Dipstick Theory of Education, The Easy Listener Theory of Learning, and The Kung Fu Theory of Education. Wayman is a teacher that has noticed that every person devolves into one of these different learning styles. The four different theory of education are used every day even if we do not know. The Vaccination Theory of Education is when students forget everything after having learned and completed the subject. Experts from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Tennessee and the University of Virginia conducted a study that showed that most students â€Å"lose 2 to 2 1/2 months of the math computational skills that they†¦show more content†¦But when it’s time to think about post-secondary they become less satisfied. And it is easy to fall short of a fifty. Then students will have to retake many courses to get a good education or job. The third theory the writer believes is followed by students, is The Easy Listening Theory. This theory is when students listening to music and still believe that they are paying attention and learning. This theory is one of the most used theories this decayed; students hide their headphones and when questioned they say Dont worry, I can hear you(Wayman,36). But the students are not telling the truth, and their grades show that. Dr. Nick Perham conducted a study that: â€Å"involves a subject conducting a certain task, in this case recalling a series of numbers, while listening to different kinds of background music. If sound exhibits acoustical variations, or what Perham calls an acute changing-state, performance is impaired. Steady-state sounds with little acoustical variation dont impair performance nearly as much.†(Cutler). The last theory is Tom Wayman own, and it contrast the other three; The Kung Fu Theory of Education is about using knowledge as a form of self-defense. Learning can help with problems a student will encounter. This is when students do not just punch and kick, but never stop learning. Students should always keep searching for new ways and techniques that will help them in real life