Assessments:

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

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

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

3. I am good at organizing information. Yes

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

5. I am good at remembering information. Yes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. I draw pictures, diagrams and take notes to help me understand while learning. No

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. I know how well I did once I finish a test. No

28. I ask myself if there was an easier way to do things after I finish a task. No

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

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

Step 3

• Complete the Work Habits Self Assessment either in Notability or paper version to reflect your predicted areas of strengths and areas of needed improvement. Submitted on paper. 

Step 4

• Based on the outcome of the Self Regulation Inventory & Work Habits Self Assessments

A.  Provide a summary of your perceived areas of strengths and areas of needed improvement. 

                  I can improve on my ability to complete work well before (or even at) the due date. I am getting better at organizing things, and would like to expand on my new-found OCD abilities. 

B.  Provide the ratio of true to false out of 30. 

                  All true. 

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 can learn more about what makes music music, and I would like to use this ability to construct and compose some of my own pieces.  

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

I would like to stay organized, stay focused, and have fun. 

• How motivated are you to achieve these goals? 

Extremely motivated. I will pester you with questions. 

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

I will get it out of my system & look at a person that's already completed the course and draw inspiration from them. 

• What strategies can you use to achieve your goals?

I am using a calendar to have all my goals completed at a certain date & I can check in with you, Julie, to see if my work is up to snuff :)

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

I think that I do get easily distracted & it is simple to get me going in a conversation. I would like to catch myself in those instances and remind myself, gently and patiently, to get back to work. Have a little fun here and there, but don't kill the work course.