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Succeed in School by Creating a Personal Learning PlanBY: Guest | Category: Education | Post Date: 2010-01-24
The cornerstone project of my bachelor's degree was a personal philosophy of ministry. It was a 20 pages filled with the reasons why I teach the way I do, and incorporated theories and action plans that I had learned over my 60 units of upper-division coursework. This one project summarized my education and experience, and was meant to be used as a piece that I could present at interviews when I was looking for jobs after graduation. I wrote it in one sitting at Denny's the night before it was due. I received an A+. This plan worked out well for me. I was able to articulately and accurately convey my ideas in a way that appealed to my professor's intellect and interest. For me, the project was most easily written in one sitting, but the ideas were circulating in my mind for the entire semester. Once I knew the goal, I let it stew in my mind until it was crunch time, then I let my ideas fly. Some of you may be shuddering at this point, others know exactly what I'm talking about. The difference is our learning styles. For me, my best writing work comes after informal thought and contemplation. If that's not your style, you may have been sweating bullets in that Denny's. The key is to know what your learning style is, and to apply it to the appropriate educational contexts. Think about your experience in schools. What classes do you enjoy? What projects did you take pride in? If you have any projects from when you were in elementary or middle school, pull them out and take a look to see what they reveal about your learning style. The pieces that I kept were primarily major projects that were assigned in various classes. I have books that I wrote in third and fourth grade, a biography and presentation script from middle school, and a game that I created to explain the Eightfold Path of Buddhism. These show me that I value large projects that give me a chance to showcase my intellect, creativity, and presentation skills. They are also the projects that I received the best grades on. Creating a learning plan is primarily about recognizing your strengths and building a framework around them to capitalize on those strengths. Take some time to observe how you work in different situations. Do you do well under pressure? Do you think before acting, or act first and then analyze the results? Do you prefer working in a team or on your own? Do you procrastinate? And if you do, are the outcomes better when you work on things later, or does the pressure cause you to freeze up or make more mistakes? Look at the places where you usually work. Are you at home, the library, or outdoors? Is there noise (i.e. television), white noise (i.e. cars driving by or people around you talking), or silence? Are you surrounded by reference materials or is it just you and a blank pad of paper? Each of these answers will give you indicators of your learning style. Once you know your learning style (or styles), you can be intentional about catering to those styles so that you can achieve greater success in your education. Written By: Jen Hurst Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * Galileo Thermometers are in which Functionality Merges with Beauty * Tragik Magik: By Tina - Tragic and magic moments * It's a Jungle Out There: One of Americas most unique colleges * Self pedicure at home in fifteen minutes for beautiful looking feet * Nature is something which can take care of itself Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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