Learning Through Reflection

Final Exam Directions

Final Exam Overview

Learning Through Reflection

Wertenbroch & Nabeth (2000), stated that we learn by experiences that allow us to do the following: Absorb (read, hear, feel) Do (activity) Interact (socialize) In addition, we also learn by reflecting on such experiences (Dewey 1933). Reflection is thinking for an extended period by linking recent experiences to earlier ones in order to promote a more complex and interrelated mental schema. The thinking involves looking for commonalities, differences, and interrelations beyond their superficial elements. Reflection helps build higher order thinking skills, and your final exam will be an act of reflection to that end. (from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/learning/reflecting.html (Links to an external site.)) Final Exam Directions Write a two-page essay in which you reflect upon what time period(s) you identify with the most. In other words, do you value nature, conservation, family, storytelling, or spirituality like the Native Americans?Do you value religion and community like the Puritans? Do you value reason and revolutionary ideas like the Enlightenment? Do you value imagination, emotion, and intuition like the Romantics? Do you value extreme individualism like the Transcendentalists? You are most likely connect to more than one time period, but what time period(s) do you connect with most? You must refer to works we have read this term, but you don’t have to include every work from every time period. Only include what is pertinent to your reflection. Don’t simply summarize the works we’ve read. Answer the question. You should use the personal pronoun “I”. You can also include personal experiences if it is pertinent to your reflection.