Upon this same website there is another article that talks about how technology and more specifically computer activities/games are more beneficial than tutoring. This one I can believe and seems like common sense. Activities and games on a computer that are educational are very powerful when it comes to learning new material. Games are meant to capture the attention of students with all of the colors and flashing lights. There are hands-on games that make students want to win in the end. They challenge themselves to the fullest. Kind of going along with the previous paragraph is that this type of technology allows students to see, hear and touch the lesson which better commits it to memory. It just makes sense. This is also an idea that my cooperating teacher thinks highly of. She uses BrainPOP and Flocabulary with our 3rd grade students to help them learn their math facts. There are fun songs that help them and they have all aced their multiplication tests!
Speaking of math, there is an article that states that people get their math abilities from their genes, specifically from their parents. I disagree with this article to a certain point. The article says that if you are good in math then your parents are/were also good in math. I am great in math and more importantly I am a mathematics major in college, BUT neither one of my parents were good in their math classes in high school. So this article puzzles me a little bit.
There are many other great articles to read about on this website as I have only listed a few, but learning about all of this new information has made me realize that I can now back up my statements or responses to when someone talks to me about teaching in learning styles or if someone says that technology doesn't help very much. I have done my research, have you?