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2.0 Literature Review In the previous chapter, we have explained the objective of this research studies which is to compare between active and passive students.To provide a clearer understanding of this study, we will thus discuss a few issues that consistently envelope the discussion of differences between active and passive include..............we will explain the concepts

Passive student of the content of each class session to be filled with knowledge
 * "students are assumed to enter the course with minds like empty vessels or sponges to be filled with knowledge" (TPE p.424)*
 * "traditional class": lecturing instructor verbalizing information to passive note-taking students
 * students remember only approx 10%
 * mostly verbal lectures
 * instructor is "verbal" textbook
 * instructor reads definitions to the class
 * student is an "empty" vessel
 * student is passive "tape recorder"
 * on exams, students regurgitate what the instructor tells them

Active student

in my classes, examples are o the Daily In-class Quizzes o the Modified Socratic Method o visual aids, demonstrations, etc., integrated into class presentations
 * The instructor strives to create "a learning environment in which the student can learn to restructure the new information and their prior knowledge into new knowledge about the content and to practice using it" (TPE p.425)*
 * students activities during class time;
 * students are expected to look up definitions and vocabulary before and after class
 * students have the opportunity to remember up to 50% of the content of each class session
 * the instructor provides examples and illustrations of geologic concepts, processes and features
 * the instructor explains concepts, principles and methods for geologic interpretation
 * students practice applying these skills to geologic interpretation
 * "facts and concepts must be tested and used to be learned" (TPE p. 425)*
 * "students develop skills in constructing and using knowledge with the instructor's guidance" (TPE p. 425)*
 * "various active learning methods, including lecturing" (TPE, p. 425)*

BY Dean A. McManus, School of Oceanography and Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington

What you've been hearing is true: the real world has no place for passive individuals, just as much as schools need less of passive students.

Not everyone is lucky enough to have their life handed to them on a silver platter. You can never be successful just by coasting through life and bumming around. You will never know what you're really capable of if you don't assert yourself fully and take an active participation in whatever endeavor you will undertake. This includes all the things you have done during your student life.

For the most part, the skills and attitude you form throughout your life as a student will be crucial towards your development as an adult. These will not only be your tools in improving yourself as an individual but it will also be a template for your chosen career path and achieving those future goals you have set.