Motivation

Academic Fears

Worst Outcome

Best Outcome

Action Needed

Not Getting in the major I want.	Not doing my work and not studying so that my GPA is very low.	Study and do my work so that my GPA is high enough to transfer schools	Buckle down and get things done.
Letting Down my teammates and family.	I do poorly and my parents are unhappy with me in the summer.	I do well so my parents are proud of me.	Make good decisions and manage my time well.
Not being able to play lacrosse because I am ineligible.	I become academically ineligible so I am unable to play.	I work hard and make the honor role.	I need to study and do my work on time.

This week for motivation I use the strategy of academic fears. I found this useful because is allowed me to really think about what I needed to do and how I was going to accomplish these goals. I also thought that creating the chart was a good visual aid, something I could set as my background so that I can see it everyday. I feel like I could also add to this list as the year goes on.

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This week Matt and I wanted to talk about the top strategies we weekly from this class. I know for myself, I use D's Dos And Dues to organize my planner. Iv found that it allows me to get my life in order so that i can go into the week felling confident and organized.
Scott, I find myself using the reading techniques that we learned last week the most. Even though we just learned it, I know they will be helpful the next time I have a reading assignment.

APP #5 Reading Stategies

Two reading strategies that we tried last week were TART and Charlie Reads SmartT. 

With mid-terms coming up, both of these strategies will help by creating possible test questions. With TART, I looked for key term which are usually bolded  in the chapters, attended my class, listened for explanations, read over class notes and then created test questions. We both agree that we  liked TART better because it took into consideration attending class and just clarified what you learned in class by reading and then creating possible test question. We felt well prepared by using TART and that it will help in the next exam.

With Charlie Reads SmarT,  we had to read our assignemnts when we had study time

and could concentrate, then we had to summarize it by making notes cards, outline or some other summary and then created possible test questions.  This extra step did help us prepare for class and make understanding the chapter better but did take more time which is hard during mid term week.  

When I did my Q & A Map I found that it really helped me break down my quiz and find what I needed to focus on. I don't think that I would ever do this type of exercise again because with the type of classes I am taking this semester, the classes are based off papers and projects. But next year I could see myself using this strategy for classes with a lot of test and quizzes.
Scott, I thought that the way that you used the Q & A Map was effect. I found that the opposite was true for the Directional Word Analysis. I think that the strategy really applied to the classes I am taking this semester. I really liked how the analysis is done right on your assignment so its like outlining it at the same time.

Directional Word Analysis

Q & A Map

Is versus want: A problem solving problem chart

• I found this was a good tool to get an assignment started.
• I liked the use of the chart because I'm a visual learner and it helps me to see what I need to do.
• I think that this is something that I will use again because most of my classes consist of mainly long term assignments.
• Only in the future I will use word to make the chart and put it as my desktop background.