ACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNERS
• 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.