Step 2

  • Copy and paste the following 30 statements in your Getting Started Jimdo 

  • Respond to the statements as honest as possible by indicating true or false.

  1.  I am aware of my intellectual strengths and weaknesses. True

  2. I am able to know what kind of information is most important to learn. True

  3. I am good at organizing information. True

  4. I know what the teacher expects me to learn. True

  5. I am good at remembering information. True

  6. I have control over how well I learn.  True

  7. I am a good judge of how well I understand something. True

  8. I learn more when I am interested in the topic. True

  9. I try to use strategies or learning techniques that have worked for me in the past. True

  10. I am aware of the methods that I am using when I study. True

  11.  I use different learning strategies depending on the situation. True

  12. I use my intellectual strengths to compensate for my weaknesses. True

  13. I know when each strategy I use will be most effective. True

  14. I slow down when I encounter important information. True

  15. I draw pictures, diagrams and take notes to help me understand while learning. True

  16. I try to translate new information into my own words. True

  17. I ask myself if what I’m reading is related to what I already know. True

  18. I try to break studying down into smaller steps. True

  19. I ask myself periodically if I am meeting my goals. True

  20. I consider several alternatives to a problem before I answer. True

  21. I find myself analyzing the usefulness of strategies while I study. True

  22.  I ask myself questions about how well I am doing while learning something new. True

  23. I ask others for help when I don’t understand something. True

  24. I am persistent when working on a challenging problem. True

  25. I re-evaluate my assumptions when I get confused. True

  26. I stop and re-read or re-view material when I get confused. True

  27. I know how well I did once I finish a test. False

  28. I ask myself if there was an easier way to do things after I finish a task. True

  29. I ask myself how well I accomplish my goals once I’m finished. True

  30. I ask myself if I learned as much as I could have once I finish a task. True

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Step 4: 

      After completing the self assessment, I have reached conclusions on my weaknesses and strengths. My perceived strengths is that you can always count on me to get work in on time, and I am pretty good at organizing work flow. I am good at time management and making sure things will get done when needed to be, and I will try to get a head start on things while I can. What I'm most worried about in this class is doing the work just to get it done and reach the end goals, because I really do want a full understanding of the content. I can tend to get distracted by my peers, especially in a class as loose as this. But, I will try my best to get the work in on time while simultaneously learning as much as I can and grasping the content to the best of my ability. 

 

True/False Ratio: 29/30  

Coure Benchmark Goals

Step 1

  • What is it that you hope to know and be able to do at the conclusion of the class? I hope that I will have some knowledge and facts about music history to be able to take with me to college, and maybe gain a better appreciation for the subject. 

  • What are three things you would like to achieve in order to count your semester as successful? I want to have good notes to refer to for the future, I want to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner, and also be successful in the honors tract. 

  • How motivated are you to achieve these goals? I am pretty motivated

  • How will you increase your motivation if it becomes low during the course of the semester? I will remind myself of my personal time goals for the week and remember that I have a goal to achieve. 

  • What strategies can you use to achieve your goals? I will be making weekly schedules of when I'd like units to be completed

  • What might interfere with your achievement and how can you prevent this interference?  My other courses may interfere with the amount of work I get done, as well as applying to colleges in the fall as I may use some class time to get college things done occasionally.