You Are a Research Learner!

As a Research Learner...

I want to study about ideas and how things are related. I like problem solving that requires collecting and analyzing data. I work along until I become an expert at something, and then I’ll discuss it with someone else, but not until I have had a chance to really understand the big picture, read what I need to read and investigate things. I really like to challenge everything I’ve learned to make absolute sure it’s right. Only then am I willing to really make it a part of me.

As a Research Learner, I learn best by:

• Doing what I’m doing right now: researching and investigating on my own.
• Debating & discussing the information in small groups only after I have read up and built up some expertise on the subject.
• Answering questions that spark ideas and thinking that requires me to explore ideas and discuss them with others.
• Participating in a follow-up with discussions with the entire class, so that I can come to my own conclusions with the guidance of the presenter.
• Using visual aids throughout the presentation to see and write about the big picture, especially those that address multiple tasks or chapters at once to show the relationship between them all.