Reflective Essay On 'Striving For Accuracy'

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Part A: “Gathering Data Through all the Senses” is a huge key factor for academic success, this is something I have always struggled at doing. I would find the most simple way of doing something and not get a true full understanding of how it works and is done the right way, I just wanted to get the problem over with. The older I would get my attitude has changed on how I would get ready for a problem, I would try to understand every bit of information I could and as a result I would start doing better in my classes and any other problem I came across.
When “Striving for Accuracy” you have to a willing attitude to go the extra mile and take your time to make sure you have everything right. “Striving for Accuracy” is something I can still be lazy about, I tend to just look at all the required info to add and make sure it is in it and be done with it. When I do go above and beyond I do some of my best work and succeed. I am getting better at it and I feel more confident after every project I do because I am “Striving for Accuracy”.
In “Carol Dweck’s theory of growth vs fixed mindset” it talks summarizes that just
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Note taking was big for both classes and I need to know a how to do a key thing just like writing a journal/essay I needed to know what the important info was so I could put it in my notes and use it as a tool to use for latter. Finally WR 80 taught me how to write a proper essay and DE 31 taught me how to format an essay. I used these tips all term to stay in touch with the teacher of a class. I don’t think I would be in a position to pass my classes without doing this. This helped me with all my academic success for the whole

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