LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIS

ACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNERS.

1. 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.
2. "Let's" try it out and see how it works" is an active learner's phrase;Let think it through first,is the reflective learner's response.
3. Active learners tend to like group work more than reflective learners,who prefer working alone.
4. Sitting through lectures without getting to do anything physical but take notes is hard for both learning types,but particulary hard for active learners.

Everybody is active sometimes and reflective sometimes.Your preferences 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 grt anything done.