Week 7: Remember

Reflect: How do I Study Best?

In class, or as homework, free-write for at least 15 minutes on the following questions or prompts:

Throughout my academic life, from grade school onwards, how did I learn to study?
Was I taught primarily to memorize and "regurgitate?" Was this effective?
What is the difference between "knowing" and "understanding?" Write few sentences comparing and contrasting the meanings of these terms.

Exercise 1: Assess: Your Learning Attributes Profile

As discussed in class this unit, the key to successful studying is learning and practicing the attributes of good learners. These do not have to do with I.Q; they are all possible to achieve with self-motivation, persistence, and the desire to learn! Plus, the same attributes that make people good learners make them successful in all of life.

You will see in this unit’s assignments a coming-together of many of the concepts you have already learned about: persistence, locus of control, and effective time-management, to name a few, and their strong connection to creating an effective personal study plan.

The self-assessment you will take this unit is for online learners, but it asks questions that relate to independent study, a critical component to success at ITT Tech. You might one day decide to take an online course, so readiness to learn online is a skill everyone should possess.

Please take the Personal Attributes Self-Assessment in READI.
To re-visit READI: Go to http://www.readi.info/itt. Follow the prompts under the Returning Users section by entering your e-mail address and PIN to return to your READI assessments.
Open the Personal Attributes section of the self-assessments. Take the assessment, save, and print your results.

Analysis 1: Plan: Your Learning Plan

Look at your Individual Attributes assessment results. Are you in the blue band, red band, or did you fall somewhere in-between? Read the assessment analysis carefully, and complete Steps 1 and 2.

Step 1: Create a Chart
Create your own chart in Microsoft Word with the following title: My Attributes Assessment Results

Add the following headings down the left side:

Academic Attributes
Help Seeking
Persistence
Procrastination
Time Management
Locus of Control

Add the following headings along the top:

My Interpretation
My Strengths
My Challenges

Step 2: Fill in your chart

Record your understanding of your assessment results in one or two sentences in the box under My Interpretation.

Record your primary strengths under My Strengths.
Record your primary challenges under My Challenges.

Project 1: Apply: My Study Strategy for Success

Take at least one day to consider your chart. It lays out your learning potential profile, which you must consider before creating an effective, personal study plan.

Step 1: Write two to three paragraphs outlining the following:

How do I plan to maximize my strengths in my study plan?
How do I plan to overcome my challenges in my study plan?
How can I maximize my dominant intelligence and learning style in creating an effective study plan?

Step 2: Create an Effective Study Plan

Now you get to be creative! Using the computer tool you like best, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, create a presentation, chart or document outlining your personal study plan. It should include, but not be limited, to the following categories:

Overcoming my challenges
Maximizing my strengths
Using my dominant intelligence and favorite learning style
Long-term success: what would it mean to me?

Before you submit the assignments, check it first!

Did you take the Personal Attributes self-assessment, save, and print results?
Did you create a Word or Excel chart using the title and appropriate headers along the left side and top, or a proper PowerPoint presentation?
Did you fill in your interpretation of your strengths and challenges in your chart?
Did you write two to three paragraphs, fully answering the assignment question to Project: Apply?

Labs:

Microsoft Excel Project 2 and 3
Microsoft Exam 2
Microsoft Access Project 1
Microsoft Access Exam 1