Learning is an Internal Process: Applying the Use of the "R’s"! [Which began as the 4R's, and has become greater (in this case!)]

This is a continuation of the previous post regarding my personal notes taken from the study of "Freedom and Simplicity in HisStory", by Lisa Hodgen (see sidebar).

Implanting Truth in the Heart…

This cycle of application for learning starts with these "R’s" which will be explained in detail below:

• RECEIVE [REAL! Resources]
• The thinking process starts—RECORD…REFLECT (Ruminate)… REASON…RELATE…
• The thinking process leads to the final "R", RELEASE.
• As the student completes the cycle, he/she BECOMES a REAL! Resource (RECEIVE) from the first step. Thus the cycle continues. [Try to picture each step in a circle!]

Step One: RECEIVE: Reading and Research

• Real books
• Real people
• Real places
• Real experiences

Step Two: RECORD (Recite)

• Notebooking
• Note Taking
• Map Making (Mind Maps)
• Summarizing (oral or written narrations)

The Thought Process…

Step Three: REFLECT (Ruminate)

• Meditate
• Process Information

Step Four: REASON Biblically

• Compare to scripture (What does scripture have to say about it?)

Step Five: RELATE (Respond)

• Patterns in what we are learning
• Relationships
• Integrating all information
• The "Light Bulb Moment"
• Relate the info to what we already know.

This is the end of the formal thought process.

Step Six: RELEASE

• Own it
• Share it
• Apply it
• Pass it on—you are now a REAL! Resource. (Productive because of the principles learned and the foundation that has been laid.)