A Serious Look at the 4MAT Model.

Autor/in	Scott, Harry V.
Titel	A Serious Look at the 4MAT Model.
Quelle	(1994), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Brain Hemisphere Functions; Cognitive Style; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Instructional Design; Learning Strategies; Literature Reviews; Models; Psychoeducational Methods; Staff Development; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Learning Style Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Analogiemodell; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	4MAT is an 8-step, sequential instructional model based on two theoretical constructs: Kolb's model of learning styles and the concept of brain hemisphericity. The model, developed by B. McCarthy (1987), is derived by interacting each of Kolb's four quadrants with both left and right brain. Kolb outlined four learning styles based on the four outcomes of interacting mode of perceiving with mode of processing information. McCarthy concluded that the full cycle of a lesson would include eight activities, accommodating each of the four types of learning using both left and right dominance in each quadrant. Such lessons highlight the style of each learner for some fraction of the whole, and rotation between left and right-brain activities also gives prime time to the basically different orientations and should lead to whole-brain performance. A review of professional literature on research with 4MAT, 4MAT as a tool for instructional design, 4MAT as a tool for staff development, and the 4MAT model as theory illustrate use and implications of the 4MAT model and assess its validity and legitimation. There is no direct criticism of the 4MAT model in the literature, though some educators have questioned the relevance of the concept of learning styles to instructional design. Legitimation of the model has come through academic discussion and widespread use of 4MAT concepts. Review of the literature on 4MAT has revealed little research on student achievement. The professional literature indicates that the 4MAT model is capable of comprehensive use, for developing instructional units for discursive as well as non-discursive disciplines, for secondary as well as elementary education, and for urban as well as suburban schools. (Contains 22 references.) (ND)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC