Ass. # 3

SSC167G Strategies for Success
Assignment 3: Cognition and Metacognition
Jacquie Daniels
October 11, 2007

Part A
The first cognitive strategy I would use this semester is associating learning. In fact I’ve started using it in my biology class already.
Enzyme àEgg
When you heat an egg it changes, just like when you add heat to an enzyme, it changes.
Also I plan on using the outlines method when studying for my schoolwork. It seems to be a shorter way of putting down the most important information.

The metacognative strategy I am already using is planning. In my day planner, among my work and fun time schedule, I plan designated study times, step by step process for a project, and all my homework time.

Part B
After taking the survey, I learned my learning style is the surface approach. I learned that deep learning takes a lot more work then what I am doing now. Deep learning is going above and beyond. Taking extra notes and completely understanding what your reading/ studying is something I am going to try to improve my learning.

Part C
This story spoke of a very strong will and need to succeed. I have not felt this strong of confidence to get something done in a very long time. To be honest, I don’t have a story that relates to the scale of this task. But I do know what it is like to want something so bad, your do everything you can to achieve it.
My story is about a blue ribbon that I wanted more than anything. When I was in high school, my senior year, I had become quite good at riding horses. In fact, I was a member of the all Canadian cowgirls drill team and was a regular at local fairs. I had been trying out different events for horseback riding and had become very good at an event called barrel racing. Some friends were commenting on how much I had improved and how good my times were and they suggested I tried out for the event at a fair! I was so nervous but I realized how bad I wanted to win. So I practiced against the best girls I knew and as time went on, I became competitive, determined and good. To make a long story short, I went to a fair, was put up against the best riders and came out second. It wasn’t the perfect ending, but I was very satisfied that I placed second.
The characteristics and strategies of a self regulated learner are: confidence, determination, practice, willingness to study, and hard work.
I am not very often a self directed learner. I usually need to want something very bad. I only really want something when I am confident in the things I do. I think I need to be more self regulated in my academic life because I know I can do it, but often I feel as though I may fail. If I can gain confidence in my schooling abilities I think that would help me become a more self regulated person.
I agree with Weimer’s comment, college should be a place to develop prowess as learners. But often it is a place where we lose confidence, get bored, and often give up. I notice I often do that, but I also know its important to never give up.