Active Learner

Some future college students are born with a natural talent in the subject English. Which includes critical thinking, writing, and reading. While for others, possibly being mathematicians, English is and probably will never be their keen subject in life. Students find more passions in sciences, arts, and medical teachings which is not something to look down upon. Although, many students forget that English is still a huge part of all these subjects. Where ever these students go they will find the necessity to read something or to write something. That’s where college English comes in handy. College English prepares students for academic writing at a university level, and also for their careers when formal writing is required. Many students fear college English classes, but there are many ways to succeed in these college English classes. Looking over the articles Becoming an Active Learner by Skip Downing, Brianology by Carol S. Dweck, and The Right to Fail by Willliam Zinsser, these authors express their feelings on being able to succeed in life in a general view. Mainly taking education into consideration. Students should not be afraid of college English classes because their are many ways to succeed in them by establishing a growth mindset, creating an active learning pattern, and having a positive and mature attitude.

According to my my results after taking my LCI quiz I am a Dynamic Learner. In Sequence my score is 22 ( as needed), my score in Precise is 26 ( use first), my Technical score is 22 (as needed) and my Confluent score is 25(use first). I always thought that I was Strong Willed but after reading my results and what it meant, I am almost there but not quite.

My LCI scores show that I am a Dynamic learner. My scores are Sequence 20, Precise 28, technical 27 and confluent 22.

Active learning focuses the responsibility of learning on the learners, it should be experimental, mindful, and engaging. The learners are required to do things and think about those things they are doing. As a 8th grade math teacher, dealing with the Common Core Standards daily, I feel as if the internal design grammars are set up to produce an active learning environment. The standards were written with verbs, such as: apply, perform, verify experimentally, graph, interpret, construct, and compare; therefore, if a teacher is to have his/her students master these standards, then there should be some active learning going. The problem with this is that teachers do not have enough time in a day, week, or even the year to push the students

A sensory learner likes to learn all the facts on any assignment. They pay attention to detail, take note, and memorize facts. They are usually good at solving problems opposed to an

Someone I am as a learner is, a visual learner. What a visual learner is, is a person that needs to see something happen before I could actually attempt to even try it. I found out that i was a visual learner when i realized that I was struggling in a lot of my classes but ecpecially math class. My mom took me to a toutoring place called Sylvan. They wanted to figure out what type of learner I was. She put me on a computer and she told me take a test. I took the test and results came back with a bunch of percentages. The percentages had words next to them that I had no idea what they meant. But something that I did catch is that the word with the highest percentage was the word (visual), the women told me that I was a visual learner, meaning that I was the type of learner that needed to see an example one on one with someone before I could actually attempt to even try

The results from both the Felder & Soloman and Penn State inventories were correct. I agree that I am a moderate active learner due to the fact that I like to discuss and apply the information I am learning; however I disagree because I rather work alone, being a reflective learner, versus working in a large group. As an active learner, during several of my college courses I have found it very difficult to pay attention during lectures and have found myself day dreaming through many of them. I also agree with the results stating that I am a visual learner versus a verbal learner. Ever since I can recall I have always find myself paying more attention and finding learning much easier and appealing when presented with a visual pictures. When pictures, diagrams, and timelines aren’t available I find myself making some type of visual representation with the information provided so I can provide my brain a visual aid in processing

An active learner is an active listening and reading in classroom. He will focus on what others say. For example, an active learner takes part in discussion forum to understand critically opinions of classmate then he will comment, ask questions and gave his own opinions, discuss actively with everyone in

Some essential aspects of an active learner is organization and learning what type of learner we are. In the text it states that active learners are experiential, mindful, and engaging. They define what they need to study, identify what they need to learn, and then do the necessary research in order to learn the content. Active learners also learn what kind of learner they are. They are either an active listening learner, a looking and seeing learner, or seeing and hearing learner.

Between being an active and a reflective learner my results were pretty close, but I did relate a little more to the active side. This could help me as an engineering

Intuitive Learners: if you rely too much on intuition you risk missing important details, which can lead to poor decision-making and problem solving. Force yourself to learn facts or memorize data that will help you defend or criticize a theory or procedure you are working with. You may need to slow down and look at detail you would otherwise typically skim.

Learning is an active process that involves communication with others. Although each student has their own individual tendencies, habits, strengths,

According to Felder, I am described as a moderate active (5), mild sensing (3), high visual (9), and low (1) global learner (Felder, R.M., and Soloman, B.A.). Active corresponds to hands-on, interactive learning, i.e. kinematic and labs. I found I best retain information after a Q&A group study session and Felder confirms it. Same with sensing: I need to know where I am going and then I learn the details. In fact, I can be anal when it comes to details and following protocol, which is an essential skill for engineers and scientists, or anybody trying to avoid mid-air collisions. As a visual learner, I need more than verbal input. Unfortunately, traditional schooling uses mainly verbal and logistical teaching methods, which leaves the non-traditional learning-styles student to struggle. Interestingly, my score

According to Christopher R. Poirier and Robert S Feldman’s (2007), students who participate in classes that have students use IRT or individual response technology claim to learn more in class and tend to have higher test scores and a better grade point average than of those who do not attend classes that include the active learning in class. The researches want to test if and how active learning (students who participate in in class activities) would affect the outcome of their g.p.a and test scores.

Learning styles theories impact education through the curriculum, instruction and assessment. The curriculum must place emphasis on intuition, feeling, sensing, and imagination, in addition to the traditional skills of analysis, reason, and sequential problem solving. In the instruction, teachers should design their instruction methods to connect with all four learning styles, using various combinations of experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation. Finally, in assessment teachers should employ a variety of assessment techniques, focusing on the development of “whole brain” capacity and each of the different learning styles