In a guided self-assessment of study habits and strategies, ED 3100 students have been challenged to embark on a journey of self-exploration in an effort to better understand our own learning processes, as well as determine how different methods of studying and learning may affect our overall success. Dr. Demars (2015) explains that exploration and knowledge of our own techniques and learning strategies will then empower us, as future educators, to facilitate the same attributes in our students. She emphasizes that the better we (as teachers) understand our own learning processes, the better we can understand those of our students, and consequently help them self-assess to achieve a better understanding of their own learning. Although this exploration has raised many questions for me, there were key themes that stood out amongst others. By constructing an unbiased system of measurement, I am experimenting with deliberate and strategic changes to my study habits that are explicitly designed to address and correct weaknesses in my current study habits that I will track over a period of four weeks.…
I learned basic responsibilities, how to do my laundry when I needed to, how to cook a meal without anybody else, how to do the dishes when needed, and how to live in an environment with other people while keeping everyone…
The abundance of communication I have had with my teachers in the years since has really affected my attitudes towards classes, test and homework. I am less neurotic and much more comfortable with…
Peter Honey & Alan Mumford(1988) have identified four distinct learning styles that are useful in helping us to understand individual needs . They states that students can be categorised into activists,pragmatists,theorists or reflectors. Activists are like novelty ,energetic,open minded .They enjoy working alongside other and live for the present. Reflectors are observers as opposed to leaders who like time to think , thoroughly,but avoid reaching speedy conclusions. Theorists have the ability…
My parents have always challenged me to strive to do my best since I was a child. From pushing me to learn how to ride a bike at age five, to striving me to achieve a higher ACT score to attend the college I love, I learned how to become very independent and credible. As I approached my high school years, I changed mentally by creating a positive mindset after my freshman year. As to this day, getting a 3.11-grade point average has affected me in both positive and negative ways. One characteristic that I figured out about myself is that I am a person who learns from mistakes due to the fact that I am a tactile learner.…
I do not plan on transferring as most of my friends have, but I will to push myself to be proud of my decision I have made to stay at BC. I have gained, experience, knowledge, lost, and understand most things that I have been exposed to in my twenty years of life. One goal I have is pass the GKE (General Knowledge Exam). The first step would be to fully understand what the GKE is and what kind of tests I need to do to pass this exam. The second step would be to study as much as possible to ensure a passing score.…
Recently I had taken a test called the Conley Readiness Index. I remember the first question it asked me was how I schedule my day. I thought about that for a long, and I mean a long time. All because my days differentiate. I usually don’t work on a school day.…
My journey to Delaware Valley University has all lead up to my dream of becoming a veterinarian. When asked to create an action plan in Del Val experience about a professional goal I instantly knew what I would write about. My professional goal is to get accepted into the veterinary school of my choice. To accomplish this I will break my goal into three smaller steps. First I will focus on getting at least 400 hours of experience interning with a veterinarian by my senior year; this simplifies to getting 100 hours each year I attend Delaware Valley University.…
The strongest person in the world might be able to tackle any physical obstacle, but mental stress can be much more difficult. The nuance with mental stress is that different environments affect people in different ways, and in different magnitudes. Cathy Davidson’s “Project Classroom Makeover”, Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel”, and Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Power of Context”, all describe scenarios with environments that are either stressful and negative, or relaxed and positive. An individual’s identity is minimally impacted in positive environments and drastically affected in negative environments.…
Since starting high school, my interest in classroom learning had dropped quite significantly. I felt like grades were just a game, and that I should be out in the world learning things I deemed "practical life skills." My senior year I was able to mentor in a classroom of fourth graders for one period, ever other day. I took the class thinking it would be an easy and fun way to spend an hour an a half.…
Introduction The dynamics of “Cultural Proficiency” and how it is applied in the Joint Doctoral Program in Education with San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University is a broad platform. This analysis will describe how to progress forward for the educational community, as well as the individual. Implementing effective changes to enhance this program will require that we start by understanding the mission of the program, what cultural proficiency is and how it is applied, the four tools of cultural proficiency, practical application, then concluding with an evaluation of the changes. Joint PhD Mission…
As my high school career comes to a close, I realized that after 13 years of being asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” , I still hadn’t answered the question. In 2002, a book called “StrengthsQuest” was released by Donald O. Clifton, Edward “Chip” Anderson, and Laurie A. Schreiner, in hopes it would give college students like me a simple, yet extremely helpful tool to guide them through their college experience. In this book one can find things called Signature Themes. The signature themes are given to readers after they take the “Clifton StrengthsFinder”.…
Reading Becoming a Learner should be a requirement for all students upon entering high school. These skills are essential for entering the real world and college life. In the book it says, “In other words the kind of person you become is much more important than what you learn how to do.” (Sanders, 2). This quote explains that the skills one develop through learning is much more important than actually obtaining a degree.…
Being an Sensing Thinker affects me as a student. This learning style letter fits me because it is good to keep things to be neat,well-organized and precise in work,enjoys to work and needs to kept busy,highly motivated by competition,learning games,etc.(Packet #3,Pg #29).As a Sensing Thinker, I like to keep things neat,well-organized so that I can find things so easily. This affects me as a student because if I am busy when working on something,that makes my mind to think hard about it and that might not divert my mind. When being in 6th grade in India the teachers were giving heavy projects that were really hard and they only little time which was really difficult to turn it in on time.…
In addition, I realized that I need to be able to make logical connections in order to learn in a way that promotes real understanding and long term memory. Furthermore, I discovered that setting goals and creating a plan that incorporates a checklist is profitable for me. When comparing the computer assessment and the self-assessment, the results were somewhat similar but after much self-examination and reflection, I believe the self-assessment is a more accurate representation of my working and learning styles. I believe that I strongly exhibit several of the traits in the excite dynamic group that I feel would classify me as deliberate rather than stress…