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Self-Assessment SII SELF-ASSESSMENT
This is your opportunity to compare the Learning Objectives In this chapter, you have learned about the learning process as well as your learning style. Now, answer the
with your actual outcomes for each chapter. This is not about following questions in order to track your performance for further improvement. Providing at least three
a grade, but about improving your performance. As such, you complete sentences in your response to each.
will assess your performance by sharing and describing 1) a 1. What were your strengths as you worked to achieve the learning objectives of this chapter?
strength you exhibited, 2) an area in which you could improve
your performance, and 3) an insight you experienced while 2. How could your performance in the reÀections and activities in this chapter be improved to help you
working through that chapter. meet these objectives?
3. What’s the greatest insight you’ve achieved after completing this chapter?
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Each chapter is followed by:
SII SELF-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY 4.1
Activities Analyzing the Learning Process Methodology
Each chapter is followed by a minimum of two learning Learning skills: checking perceptions, transferring, and managing resources
activities. These activities have been carefully structured and WHY
planned to help you meet the learning objectives of this course The process of learning is the focal point of this course and essential for success in college and throughout
your life. In this activity, we will review sections of the LPM to increase your understanding of each
and to help you develop the learning skills that make success step.
(in school, as well as in life) possible. They are a fun way to LEARNING OBJECTIVES
test drive what you’ve learned in each chapter. In addition to Gain a better understanding of the Learning Process Methodology and how it can be used to develop
pro¿ciency with completing complex tasks.
the activities included in this book, there are more activities
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
available on the Foundations of Learning Resources Web site.
Criterion #1: your interpretation of the Learning Process Methodology
Attribute:
able to identify key steps of the LPM
Criterion #2: your insights about the Learning Process Methodology
Attribute:
articulate, in summary, two strong insights about the process
PLAN
1. Read about the Learning Process Methodology in Chapter 4 of Foundations of Learning.
2. Review the two examples of the LPM from the book (the digital watch and Ken’s tennis example) and
complete the Assessment Column for Ken’s example using the form supplied in this activity.
3. Answer the Critical Thinking Questions about the use of the LPM in these examples.
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