To me, “taking ownership of your learning” means being an independent and self-driven learner. It means that you don’t wait for a teacher to explain everything to you, but rather you work ahead and are motivated to teach yourself new concepts. A student who has taken ownership of their learning also comprehends that they alone are responsible for the understanding of the lessons that have been delivered to them; if they have questions, they ask them, rather than later blaming the teacher for not being more clear in their instruction.
I’ve detailed my personal reflections below each bullet.
• Takes ownership of the learning process by setting personal educational goals, and monitoring their own progress. o It’s not enough to just set …show more content…
No professor is going to handhold and give you praise on each assignment like teachers may have throughout grade school. The bigger picture and end goal should be your motivation to continue learning. If you’re used to achieving straight A’s and find yourself demotivated with a poor score, try looking at it from the perspective of how much knowledge you’ve gained on that subject compared to where you started. The gap of what you knew before and what you knew at the end of the term is probably much more than in a class where you achieved easy A’s, but it should also motivate you to study more in those topics in future …show more content…
Often throughout high school mathematics, students (myself included) would lament about why we had to learn algebra and calculus, and that we would never need it again in our lives. Without making a solid connection to how it might affect our futures, our motivation to learn the material was very low. If you 're able to realize how the content will be useful and benefit you at some point, it makes sense that you 'll pay closer attention to your lessons.
• Views the instructor as a guide, but themselves as the pursuer of deeper understanding. o The instructor should have a full mastery of the material they are presenting and should guide the student through the course, exposing them to the content they need to learn in order to be successful. However, the student must take responsibility for asking questions or for additional clarification if they don’t feel comfortable with a concept, as the instructor can’t know what each individual student is having trouble grasping. The student should be curious about the topics they’re studying and be interested in pursuing further readings that will explain the concepts even further.
• Learns collaboratively, through peer engagement and
I’ve detailed my personal reflections below each bullet.
• Takes ownership of the learning process by setting personal educational goals, and monitoring their own progress. o It’s not enough to just set …show more content…
No professor is going to handhold and give you praise on each assignment like teachers may have throughout grade school. The bigger picture and end goal should be your motivation to continue learning. If you’re used to achieving straight A’s and find yourself demotivated with a poor score, try looking at it from the perspective of how much knowledge you’ve gained on that subject compared to where you started. The gap of what you knew before and what you knew at the end of the term is probably much more than in a class where you achieved easy A’s, but it should also motivate you to study more in those topics in future …show more content…
Often throughout high school mathematics, students (myself included) would lament about why we had to learn algebra and calculus, and that we would never need it again in our lives. Without making a solid connection to how it might affect our futures, our motivation to learn the material was very low. If you 're able to realize how the content will be useful and benefit you at some point, it makes sense that you 'll pay closer attention to your lessons.
• Views the instructor as a guide, but themselves as the pursuer of deeper understanding. o The instructor should have a full mastery of the material they are presenting and should guide the student through the course, exposing them to the content they need to learn in order to be successful. However, the student must take responsibility for asking questions or for additional clarification if they don’t feel comfortable with a concept, as the instructor can’t know what each individual student is having trouble grasping. The student should be curious about the topics they’re studying and be interested in pursuing further readings that will explain the concepts even further.
• Learns collaboratively, through peer engagement and