Principle #8:  Learning is both conscious and unconscious

Learning involves layers of consciousness.  Some learning requires a person to consciously attend to a problem that needs to be solved or analyzed.  Some learning at a deeper level requires unconscious incubation in the same way that the creative insights of artists and scientists sometimes occur after the mind has done some unconscious processing. 

Beyond that, really successful learners are also capable of monitoring themselves – a central feature of higher order functions – so that they know their own strengths and weaknesses and can take charge of how they learn. 

In order to help their students attain high standards, educators must be able to work at all three levels with students.

Capacity #8:  All students can learn more effectively when given time to reflect and acknowledge their own learning.

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