Thursday, February 5, 2009

Low performing students and self-reflection

According to Dorner (1987), it is interesting to know there is a correlation between low performing subjects and self-reflection. these subjects do not reflect as often and may lead to cognitive emergency reaction, which I would interpret it as pressing the PANICK button. I did appreciate Dorner for describing its symptons and consequences though.

Since this is a complex problem solving experiment, I am curious on how he collect the data? Using think aloud protocols or focus groups or ???

1 comment:

MWalvoord said...

Prensky ("Digital game-based learning") mentions that this lack of reflection is a major problem with our "twitch-speed" generation. That is, they/we can multi-task, have fun, and solve problems/puzzles very well, but at the expense of reflection-based learning. He promises to get back to some game-design that can help with this (not yet in our reading, but I look forward to it soon...)