Applying this assessment, learners will notice a tendency in their generally preferred way of handling difficult learning situations. Are there some who scored on the extremes, where they have been told in the instructions that decisions made with high or low private reflection? Are others uncertain of what it means to score somewhere in the middle? Learners have availed themselves of this opportunity to learn more about themselves as learners. Here is a teaching opportunity. Make the somewhat awkward experience of revealing these scores to their classmates the object of this quick test. 

Questions:

1. Show ‘n Tell? This is a brief teaching enhancement, so titled because revealing their scores on this assessment is the open question. 

2. Have them score the instrument in class or bring their scores with them to class. 

3. Point out that the very experience of doing this assessment of their approaches to difficult learning situations creates a difficult learning situation. 

4. Tell them that they have about three minutes to decide if you should collect and display those scores with the names of the learners next to each, or keep them private. The purpose of displaying the scores is to stimulate dialogue. If they keep them private, how would they suggest dialogue should be focused?

5. Do not put them in teams or give them any directions as to how to go about making up their minds, except to state firmly that you are not going to be interacting with them about this until after you call “time.” The reason for this is to see who sits and thinks quietly and who immediately starts kicking this question around with people around them.

6. Rather than go ahead and poll the class on how they prefer the scores to be treated, after time is called, make them aware of how they actually went about framing their own learning on this matter. Do they lean toward high private reflection and think alone or toward low private reflection and want to talk it over? 

7. You may choose not to take it further, having taught something of the meaning of what this assessment samples. Alternatively, you may do with the scores what the consensus of the class asks.