Assignment 1A lack of self-regulation can hinder academic success. Conversely, being intentional can lead to meeting performance outcomes and acquiring deeper learning. Through a development of personalized learning strategies, it is possible to take concrete steps toward becoming an intentional learner. My assigned learner is Dan, who tends to procrastinate, remains unfocused throughout the day, and lacks both confidence and self-esteem. Dan also has trouble with self-reflection, and is uncomfortable asking for help.
To FIT his learning patterns more intentionally, Dan would do well to increase confluence skills to increase the Forging process. Dan would also benefit from activating his interest in precision learning strategies to help him build confidence and esteem in his own capacity to succeed. Increasing both his use of confluence and technical learning strategies would help Dan with Forging as well as Intensifying, leading to Tethering experiences. For example,, Dan could learn time management skills and self-monitoring to help him see how he is the only person standing in the way of achieving his own goals.
When applied to my own LCI scores and learning patterns, I can also identify ways I can be more FIT to be successful academically. Like Dan, I use technical learning strategies least often or avoid them when possible. I need to FIT technical learning...
When I build and tether technical skills, I can learn how to adapt myself to meet the challenges of each task rather than to expect the task to change to meet my own expectations.
Assignment 2
The prompt I connect with most and would like to reflect on is the first one, related to improving my lifestyle and health seeking behaviors. I am actively interested in improving my diet, exercising more, and achieving a finer work/personal life balance. However, until now I have lacked a comprehensive plan for achieving my goals in a reasonable time frame. A five step plan will help me to reach my goal systematically. The following five step plan is based on a recognition of my personal learning styles as revealed by the LCI because I do believe self-regulation and self-awareness will help me to succeed.
1. Write down my goals. I have a strong interest in Precision and Sequence as Use First learning strategies, which makes writing down my goals an effective place to start.
2. Research what I can do to ensure success. As a means of building my technical learning, I believe that research will help me to understand the scientific evidence underpinning each of my steps in the process towards…
