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Alaina I felt I have not learnt adequately because I couldnot manage my time effectively. However, the context of thisunit was very interesting and the amount of workload was notheavy, I believe I could have learnt much more if I couldorganise the study more successfullyMike I think I would have learnt more from this unit if it had ofbeen run in the normal way of units as that is how I am used toUniversity Units being run. Doing the unit I can see theimportance of planning and project specifications but it justdoesn’t interest me greatlyDermot I personally feel I learn less, I guess this is notmy style of learning. It is as good as me taking a unitexternally and just staying at home and teaching my self, and ifI have problems asking a friend, or researching further. I guesshowever teaching your self things you do tend to understandconcepts better. However I feel that I am an audio visuallearner, thus listening to someone explaining the concepts,PowerPoint’s and teaching it to us makes life easier for me. Ibelieve I gain a better understanding in this wayRoy More than last I studied this material, given that this timearound I have had some experience with an OO language, whereaslast time I did not and needed to put in a great deal of effortto understand concepts without programmingexamples.In particular Dermot’s comments support the findings of Entwistle and Tait (1990, 1995).They found that students who reported themselves as adopting surface approaches to learningpreferred teaching and assessment procedures which supported that approach, whereasstudents reporting deep approaches preferred courses which were intellectually challengingand assessment procedures which allowed them to demonstrate their understanding.8.2.5 Reflection on findingsReflection on ENG301 as a component of the Action Research reported in this chapter, basedon data collected throughout the semester, led to the following comments.365