Overall, I did not like chapter 7. This particular chapter was hard to grasp my attention, every time I started to read I got off task. Usually once I begin to read the case study I automatically can get into the chapter and start to like it, but this time it did not do it. One thing I liked in this chapter was the way that it ties to chapters that we have previously read. For example, on page 183 the text states, “learning goal that can be included in the production process are widely supported in literature as leading to gains in student achievement; for example, collaboration in chapter 3, problem solving in chapter 6, and critical thinking in chapter 4. I like this in particular because it provides us with a purpose for reading. Tying the chapters together always makes me feel as if there is a reason to read each chapter thoroughly.

In this chapter there was nothing that I did not understand, even though I found this chapter kind of boring I did understand everything that the chapter was talking about.

One thing that I did connect with in the chapter is that I do agree that active learning is the best learning and that learning is maximized when it can be tied to real life situations. Active learning can help maximized learning in the classroom.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsDI6hDx5uI I firmly believe that in learning it is easier to understand when you can connect to what you are learning. It has also been said that in learning when readers are reading they find it easier to understand the text and also relay to the text when you make it personal.

When readers make the text personal they are more interested in the text and more active during reading. One thing I didn’t agree with in the chapter was the statement on page 185 which states like other types of group projects, well planned production projects can result in a student gain of individual and group/social responsibility. I don’t agree with this statement at all, because I personally hate working in groups for projects because people don’t take responsibility. It always seems as if one person is always picking up the slack for other people in the group.