Is Neville getting better at Potions?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 94423

All of this talk about how Snape's teaching methos work   with 
Neville made me notice something. In OOP, Neville doesn't 
seem to have nearly as much trouble in potions class as usual. 
He doesn't blow up any cauldrons, IIRC, and there is at least one 
session where no mention is made of any Neville problems at 
all.

I am wondering if Neville simply does better with the instructions 
all written on the board OWL style, instead of having to keep track 
of Snape's  oral instructions.

An earlier poster said she didn't think that Neville could have a 
magical learning disability because he does better in his other 
classes. But he's a bright kid, and he may be able to 
compensate better when he's not distracted by his fear of the 
teacher and he's not being expected to follow verbal instructions. 
The other class where he seems to have the most trouble is 
Transfiguration, and McGonagall's teaching method seems to 
be as verbal as Snape's, minus the sarcasm. 

In Herbology and CoMC where everything is done by 
demonstration, and in History of Magic and Divination where 
there is written instruction as well as verbal, Neville seems to do 
all right.

Of course he had a problem in flying class, but that was a 
longstanding fear, considering that his Gran never let him near a 
broomstick and Uncle Algie had a habit of dropping him from 
heights.

Thoughts?

Pippin