...One of my top strength is being an achiever. This applies to me because I am a hard working person. I always give my best effort in anything I do until I accomplish my goal. Academic excellence is plastered on certificates such as: community services award, Athletic award, student of the month, leadership award; which is a reminder of what I have accomplished and am capable of achieving. As far back as I can remember I was always determined to do well academically. I strived to gain commendable grades. I was able to obtain an exemplary grade point average that not only made my parents proud, but also instilled in me a sense of motivation. Obtaining academic excellence has always been a goal I have had. The reason for my desire to do well in school is that it only prepares me for what is next. In order to be successful you need to have faith in yourself. Therefore, the next strength that applies to me is belief. There are days when I don’t belief in myself that I could accomplish certain goals I have made. However, I need to have faith in myself that if I put my best effort anything is possible. I have always had a desire for helping others through what I choose to be when “I grew up.” Whether my thoughts hesitated from being a teacher, to a lawyer, or a doctor, I had always felt the wanting to dedicate my life to career that would bring a sense of hope in others. I am a biological science major, and deciding to become a doctor one day. However, it’s easier said than done. Every...
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...Final Project – My Student Survival Guide Table of Contents 1. Using Axia’s Educational Resources * Action Plan * Downloading and Saving Files to my Computer * The University Library 1. Tools and Resources 2. Navigation 3. Identification of Key Information in Articles 2. Upholding Academic Honesty * Action Plan * Plagiarism Understanding Academic Integrity Policy * Understanding Plagiarism Consequences * Best Practices * Useful Tips 3. Setting and Achieving Goals * Action Plan * Long and Short Term Goal Identification and Setting * Personal Action Plans * Best Practices for Overcoming Obstacles 4. Managing Time Wisely * Action Plan * Daily Task Schedule and Priority * Best Practices for recognizing and overcoming time wasters and procrastination. 5. Fostering Reading Comprehension and Retention * Action Plan * Best Practices for reading and retention optimization * Implementing SQR3 into my study habits 6. Applying Personality and Learning Styles * Action Plan * Multiple Intelligence and Personality Characteristic Strengths * Personal Action Plans * Multiple Intelligence and Personality Characteristic Weaknesses * Personal Action Plans * ------------------------------------------------- Relating to others with different intelligences and personality characteristics in a distance learning environment 1. Using Axia’s...
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...Continued Academic Success Continuing academic success is achieved through hard work, study and dedication. It is important to remember when seeking higher education to use the resources that are provided by the associated school, library, professors, and the plethora that are available online to achieve the greatest benefit. It is to a student's advantage while in college to continually keep the goal of academic success at the forefront of their minds in order to complete a degree and achieve their ultimate goal. There are many goals, ideas, processes, skills and resources that are needed in reaching this goal. Educational and Career Goals There are many educational and career goals that a student will set in the beginning of their higher education experience. Goals are an important component to achieving success in any endeavor. A set goal can serve as a guide to staying on a predetermined course when times get tough, and prevent distractions by unimportant matters. It is also important to note that preset goals can provide benefits in areas like planning, motivation and the attainment of rapid results. Goal setting costs little or nothing, and can aid successful results in our lives, both in academic and nonacademic settings(Shah & Gardner, 2008). Setting goals helps in achieving the best results possible, for example my most important educational goal is to acquire my bachelors of arts degree in elementary education and ultimately earning my teaching certification...
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...connection between the effective study skills I learn today and my future academic, career, and life success. 2. I set effective short- and long-term study goals that will help me manage my workload. 3. I manage my time effectively and control any tendency to procrastinate. 4. I am aware of what causes me stress and I take steps to reduce it. 5. I am aware of my personal learning style, and I choose study strategies that take advantage of my strengths and minimize my weaknesses. 6. I understand the components of critical thinking and use critical-thinking skills to get the most from my work. 7. I take a systematic approach to reading and studying. 8. I am aware of various note-taking styles and techniques and use the ones that help me to best take down and retain information. 9. I use listening and memory techniques that work best for me. 10. I approach writing assignments with a plan and with enough time to carry it out. 11. I know and use the strategies that help me do my best on tests. 12. I understand and use a research strategy when doing library or Internet research. Total your answers here: 36 • If your total ranges from 12 to 27, you consider your academic readiness/awareness to be low. • If your total ranges from 28 to 44, you consider your academic readiness/awareness to be average. • If your total ranges from 45 to 60, you consider your academic readiness/awareness to be strong. These questions give you an overview...
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...Course: Diploma in Business Studies (DBS) Module: SBUS1006D Developing Academic Competencies Essay Title: “Reflection on your learning in Semester 1” Submitted by Wayne Kenny Student Number: 11271868 Lecturer: Oonagh Sweeney Submission Date: 16th March 2012 Word count: 1,544 Introduction Learning is further developing the skills and knowledge you have already bringing with it the opportunity to acquire new skills and gain more knowledge. The way in which one person learns can differ from one to the next as we experienced in semester 1. When we got together as a class to discuss how we prepared for assignments and exams we discovered many different approaches, the student’s opinions of what was best practice varied from student to student. Part A Learning Style This was the first time I had looked at different learning styles as thought to define them in a group or category i.e. Visual, Auditory, Reading & Writing and Kinaesthetic learners. I wasn’t sure what category I fell into and if known was going to even benefit me in anyway. In order to understand the first exercise I needed to do was reflect on my prior learning experience of semester 1 to help me understand my own preferred learning style. It became clear as to why this exercise was beneficial to me as a student; I started to understand what style suited me best and as equally important what style I didn’t using when learning. The definition of a learning...
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... 6 Introduction This is my personal development report and within the content of this I will show how I have identified weaknesses that I need to work on and how I can monitor the progression of improvement within these chosen areas. I will also look at how I can implement changes to my personal, academic & personal skills to help me develop them too. Assessment of Self At the start of my journey of personal development I undertook a simple ‘Assessment of Self’ task to briefly establish what and why I wanted to improve my skills. This was in the way of a few questions…..Goals, Barriers etc. (Appendix 1). I then moved on to a more in depth way of assessment through a skills audit which helped me to identify my strengths and weaknesses and what I could improve on. Skills Audit The skills audit (Appendix 2) was a process of questions around different communication techniques, teamwork and IT Skills. The answers I gave, in my opinion, felt most appropriate to my current skill set. Upon finishing the audit I chose 2 weaknesses and strengths evidently shown in the results. Weaknesses * Academic Reading * Academic Writing Strengths * Teamwork * Numbers With these results I then moved on to a SWOT analysis. SWOT Swot analysis is a...
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...Abstract The objective of this action plan is to introduce researched based strategies into a fifth grade collaborative classroom to increase students with learning-disabilities academic performance by incorporating brain-based strategies into daily lessons and implementing parental involvement. These students display poor test scores, low motivation and behaviors that negatively impact their learning. The purpose of the plan is to determine if incorporating brain-based strategies would help raise test scores and improve student behaviors. Researched based strategies will be included through the following methods: teaching to the brains natural learning systems, and BrainSMART strategies to increase the students’ ability to retain information. The success of this plan will be measured through examination of students’ Georgia Criterion Reference Competency Test (GCRCT), Quarterly Benchmark Assessments (QBA), a teacher-developed observation checklist, and a parent survey. As a result of this plan students will show an increase in academic performance in reading and math and appropriate learning behaviors. Introduction Although research suggests that the specific teaching of thinking skills is proven to dramatically increase student achievement, these skills are seldom taught systematically in American schools. At the same time, studies suggest that IQ without such specific teaching may account for only 4% to 10% of life success (as cited...
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...I think I can get the experience and conclusions from my last term, because I got a good grade at last term. first I think we need to understand ourself, that is a big part of academic success is having the right mindset. we have to not only believe in ourself, but also know enough about ourself to know how to achieve that success. Take the time to examine our academic strengths and weaknesses and find ways to capitalize on our strengths while overcoming or minimizing our weaknesses. Finally, understand how you learn things best your learning style and try and find classes and study methods that best utilize the way you learn. My first step, I want to say that we should utilize every Class. This step is not just about attending every class, though attendance is the foundation of it. Not only must you attend every class session, but you should do so with a strategy to succeed. First, you should sit toward the front of the class, because sit the front of the class make you concentrate, I think most people want to playing computer, phone, or sleeping who sit back of the class. Second, you should get actively involved in the class. This is a good way to remember the knowledge in class, So you don't have to do a hard review before the test. Finally, if you're going to make the effort to attend class, do so with the primary goal of learning which means don't be distracted reading other materials, texting, surfing the Net on your laptop, or talking to the student next to you. My...
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...on the road to success. Personal responsibility and college success are two things that go together. Without understanding and accepting personal responsibility one would not succeed in college. College has been viewed as place of learning and as a student we are supposed to leave our personal lives at home. If we are in tuned to ourselves we can incorporate that into our college lives and use that on our road to success. If we use our personal strengths toward our college work we will be able to perform our best in college, life, and in the workplace. It is intertwined (LeFalle, 2010). My personal plan to practice personal responsibility in my education includes two acronyms; FRED and PAL. FRED stands for fun, rest, exercise, and diet. I need fun in my personal plan to help reduce stress and I need rest to keep my brain functioning properly. Exercise will allow me to rest better and help improve my stamina. Diet is also important. Eating the right foods can help with my concentration as well as my ability to perform at my best. The other acronym PAL stands for praise, advice, and listening. By praising myself and others, I will...
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...The majority of employers require a bachelor’s degree as a minimum education requirement in order to be considered for work within their company. Being a working adult juggling multiple schedules; work, home, and extra social activities can be hectic. When adding to receive an education to further career choices, it can become overwhelming. People contemplate over the decision to go back to school or maintain at their current level. Combining what you already know with what you will learn in school can lead to a successful academic career. The skills like critical thinking, problem solving and effective communication will allow you to be successful. When a person chooses to continue their education, there are several techniques that must be learned in order to achieve academic success. True academic success is utilizing what they learn in the classroom and applying it to real life situations. Understanding one’s own learning style and using the necessary communication skills will offer students a positive experience and validate skills that are essential for success in their career. In order to achieve long term success, setting goals is an important component. Setting goals, short and long term, can increase a student’s momentum and determination to succeed. Making short term goals like completing course work each week ahead of schedule can make the idea of juggling school and work less stressful. Many short term goals can make the long term that much more reachable with the...
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...had a huge influence on my success in college. She helped me develop study habits and a strong work ethic in my younger years; I can attribute many of my cognitive strengths to her involvement in my academic life. During my youth she taught me the value of effort and accuracy, rewarding me when I correctly and efficiently completed assigned work. I see now that she was employing a form of operant conditioning, where, if I completed my homework early enough and to her satisfaction, I was able to play board games, socialize with my friends and sisters, or watch TV if I so choose. If not, then I had to forgo these activities. Major theorists such as Edward Thorndike, John Watson, and B. F. Skinner were of the belief that learning was the result of consequences (Huitt & Hummel, 1997). This is why operant conditioning was so successful for me in elementary and high school and why I continue to use it in college. Only when I finish my course work do I allow myself to socialize with friends or have some downtime and watch Netflix. This study habit has helped me stay focused and get my work done. My mother, at the microsystem-level of Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Model, has influenced my cognitive abilities when it came to my strong work ethic, perseverance, and study habits. When transitioning to the more demanding academics in college I was able to successfully...
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...In my previous personal development plan, I had made several initiatives through which I hoped to achieve certain goals both in academics and in social life. In the previous personal development plan, I had embarked more on the process that I believe would help me to think about my own learning, performance and achievements as well as to plan my personal, educational, social and career development. Since I made the plan within the PDP, there are certain changes that I have witnessed happening in my career, social and learning areas. For example, I have noted that for the last one semester, I have improved in a number of areas that I had pointed in my last PDP. In academics, I have achieved a lot, as my average grades have improved from the previous B+ to an A. This is primarily because I was able to develop clear SWOT analysis, in which I recognized my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats not only in academics, but also in my social life, extra-curricular activities and any other activity I took. With this plan, I worked hard to perfect my strengths, correct the weaknesses and make them my strong points, utilize the opportunities placed within my abilities and finally recognize and avoid any negative effect that was posed by the threats in the SWOT analysis (Bolton 2010). From these considerations, I recognized that some of my strengths were the ability to work under strict deadlines, carry out extensive research, attend classes, and do personal studies and to...
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...language learners’ needs because ELL students face the combined challenge of learning all the academic content as other students, while also learning the language of instruction. With the rapid growth in the size of the ELL student population in the U.S., teachers who are effective recognizes ELL students unique academic needs, unique background experience, culture, language, personality, interests and attitudes toward learning for the purpose to adjust, or differentiate, their instruction to meet students’ needs. Explain how the differentiation of tasks or activities supported the English language learners' content learning and language development. Differentiating tasks or activities enables and supports ELL students in many ways. Using differentiated teaching strategies gives ELL students the leverage that is needed to be successful. In the case of the aspects of quantity and quality for example, the same reading task can be assigned to the whole class, but students do not have to do the same number of questions or exercises. The ELL students are given a choice and can choose to do one or more tasks; it is important for them to progress at their own pace and interest. Explain how the differentiation of assessments allowed the English language learners to demonstrate knowledge in various ways. Differentiation of assessment allows ELL students to demonstrate their strength and their weakness. Differentiated assessments should focus all students on the same essential...
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...Lifelong Learning Phetric H. Jones Grand Canyon University Educating the Exceptional Learner SPE 226 Star Smith March 10, 2013 There are many different procedures that students with disabilities must go through. Each procedure is a different step in making sure that these students have the necessary tools to promote lifelong learning. Early Intervention is a process used to service students who might be at risk of not reaching or maintaining at academic grade level. Students receive services that are designed for their special need. This program ensures that students are given an equal chance at receiving the best education that is right for them. One of the first steps that must be done is diagnosing what the developmental disability might be. A developmental disability means that a child is delayed in some area of development (Overview of Early, 2012). A developmental disability can occur in one of five areas, cognitive, physical, communication, social or emotional and adaptive. An example of developmental disability could be a language delay. This would mean that the child has problems processing information. This process could be either receptive or excessive. Another disability would be autism. A student that has autism has problems with communication or socialization. Some of these disabilities are diagnosed early in life from birth to age 2, while others are not noticed or diagnosed until they reach school during the ages of 3 to 5. Once the developmental...
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...University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals?. One academic goal I have for myself is to obtain my Associated in Psychology. The SMART criteria helped me to understand that I can set smaller goals related to my bigger goals that I want to achieve. This helps me to feel like I am moving closer to my bigger goal each time a smaller goal is accomplished. 2. Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? A career I created was to finish my first year of college. The results on my Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute by showing me my strength and weaknesses. Adapting to Change is the area I am highest in my strength I think that is beneficial when switching from class to class. It is suggested to speak to people in my field and see if there is volunteer work that is available. This will help me gain my insight in my desired field. 3. Describe the stress and time-management strategies...
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