ACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNERS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 464.

ACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNERS (part 1)

Read the text and answer the questions.

Make a List of 7-10 Key Words on the Problem given in the text below.

What do you know about active and reflective learners?

READING

UNIT 1

Pre-Reading:

1. Who are active learners?

2. Who are reflective learners?

3. What do reflective learners prefer to do?

4. What kind of work do active learners like to do?

5. What kind of work do reflective learners dislike to do?

6. Is everybody active and reflective sometimes? How we can cope with it?

7. What kind of advice is given in the text by the authors?

8. How can active learners help themselves?

9. How can reflective learners help themselves?

10. Do you like the text? Is it useful for you personally?

LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES:

Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor of Chemical Engineering North Carolina State University; Barbara A. Soloman, Coordinator of Advising, First Year College North Carolina State University

· Active learners tend to retain and understand information best by doing something active with it discussing or applying it or explaining it to others. Reflective learners prefer to think about it quietly first.

· "Let's try it out and see how it works" is an active learner's phrase; "Let's think it through first" is the reflective learner's response.

· Active learners tend to like group work more than reflective learners, who prefer working alone.

· Sitting through lectures without getting to do anything physical but take notes is hard for both learning types, but particularly hard for active learners.

Everybody is active sometimes and reflective sometimes. Your preference for one category or the other may be strong, moderate, or mild. A balance of the two is desirable. If you always act before reflecting you can jump into things prematurely and get into trouble, while if you spend too much time reflecting you may never get anything done.