What’s on the Neuromyths poster
A 7-row table: Claim · Status.
Each is widely believed by teachers. None is supported as stated.
- Learning styles raise attainment — Not supported
- Left-brained and right-brained people — Not supported
- We use only 10% of the brain — False
- Digital natives learn differently — Not supported
- Brain Gym exercises aid learning — Not supported
- Critical periods close all learning — Overstated
- Working memory is limited — Well supported
Educational reference. Belief in neuromyths correlates with more general interest in neuroscience, not with less: enthusiasm is not a filter.
Questions about the Neuromyths poster
- What’s on the Neuromyths poster?
- A 7-row table: Claim · Status. Each is widely believed by teachers. None is supported as stated. Learning styles raise attainment — Not supported; Left-brained and right-brained people — Not supported; We use only 10% of the brain — False; Digital natives learn differently — Not supported; Brain Gym exercises aid learning — Not supported; Critical periods close all learning — Overstated; Working memory is limited — Well supported. Educational reference. Belief in neuromyths correlates with more general interest in neuroscience, not with less: enthusiasm is not a filter.
- Who is the Neuromyths poster for?
- Neuromyths belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Neuromyths poster?
- Check a training claim against this before it becomes school policy. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Neuromyths belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Neuromyths?
- Behaviourism, Cognitive Load Theory and Constructivism sit alongside Neuromyths in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BehaviourismCognitive Load TheoryConstructivism
- Is the Neuromyths poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Neuromyths downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Neuromyths poster print at?
- Neuromyths is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Neuromyths loses nothing.Printing guide
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