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

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 I can bring the skills I learn in this class to other music classes I am taking currently and also bring them to future music classes I will take. 

• What are three things you would like to achieve in order to count your semester as successful?

I would love to see the progress in knowledge that I've made in real life situations, such as bringing new things to the table in band. 

• How motivated are you to achieve these goals?

I would say I am very motivated to kill this course. Hopefully in a good way. 

• How will you increase your motivation if it becomes low during the course of the semester?

I will organize my deadlines and make a detailed plan of when things need to be done rather than going with the flow. I will also take notes to get everything out in one place because that always helps me. 

• What strategies can you use to achieve your goals?

Like I said, I will maybe make a planner to have specific dates that things should get done, and I will make pretty notes. 

• What might interfere with your achievement and how can you prevent this interference?

Interacting with my peers in ways that aren't advantageous to my learning can interfere with my personal achievment, and also getting bogged down with the amount of work that needs to be done. If I get too stressed I can start to shut down and pretend like I don't like it to avoid it, but I just have to push through it and set personal time management goals to get it done. And it I feel like I am getting distracted by peers I may need to isolate myself to get things done independently.