Low energy students, thrive on affection and approval. They are extremely sensitive and do more than required. They are kind, gentle people. Felder proposed that students preferentially take in and process information in different ways by seeing and hearing, reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively and analyzing and visualizing. Active learners tend to retain and understand information best by doing something active, such as discussing or applying it or explaining it to a situation or person.
Reflective learners prefer to carefully think about the information.
Active learners tend to like group work more than reflective learners, who prefer working alone. Sensing students tend to like learning facts and solve problems by well-established methods. They tend to be detailed oriented and patient. Intuitive students prefer discovering possibilities and relationships. They are better at grasping new concepts and ideas.