Smart Measure Reflection Paper

I took my Smart Measure, 2-1 Success Plan Activity assessment on January 4 and was shocked by my results. I scored 100s and high 90s in almost everything (Individual Attributes, Learning Styles, Technical Competency, Technical Knowledge, Math and Typing Speed) were among the higher percentage predominately in the Blue coded (100%). What shocked me was my Reading, Writing and Recall scores which fell way below my personal expectations at 79% (88% in Apprehension, 80% in Grammar, Usage and Syntax and 60% in Structure).

As a student planning to minor in Creative Writing I cringed when I saw these terrible results in what I believed were my strengths not weaknesses! I immediately began to search the SNHU Resources in MySNHU for tutoring and online writing resources that would help me strengthen these skills and make me a better writer in my professional and academic career. I scheduled a 1:1 Writing Coach session (SNHU Online Writing Center) with one of the available coaches and will speak to her about my concerns, goals and resources offered at SNHU to improve my creative and technical writing skills. I’ve also searched and signed up with the Pearson online resource (which I added the app to my iphone), the OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab and SmartThinking. …show more content…
I informed her that my previous years as an Academic I always scored well in English and was very disappointed in my Smart Measure Writing, Reading, Recall scores. I commented that “skills you don’t use you lose” and she laughed and agreed with encouragement and emphasis on practice with the use of SNHU Resources. We concluded with a conversation about my degree program, my questions about Visiting Students and credits, how to access my Program Evaluation, and registration for terms 17EW4 and