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In the beginning of this video when he was discussing the beliefs that make us stupid I was thinking to myself how many of those that I believed were true. I am a person that often thinking learning should be fast, but I have often found out that isn’t the case at all. So I plan to use this ideas a way for me to take a step back to really evaluate how long a homework assignment is going to realistically take me. I think when I set these time I would rather plan for too much time then not have enough and rush to finish the assignment causing me to leave the quality out of it. I will also keep up with my reading assignment, because once I fall behind and rush to finish the chapter right before the test it will provide no benefit to me instead …show more content…

After that I decided I needed to focus more on the content and how to apply the terms rather than just memorizing the definitions. By not doing so well on my first test it really showed me that I need to take into account that I am here at college to learn through ways I will remember not definitions that I will forget once the test is over. During the video the idea that I need to work the most on is my metacognition. There have been several tests that I have taken in the past that I believe I am ready for. I will either find out that isn’t true when I get my test or when I get my grade. When I don’t do well it put me in a bad mood and makes me feel sorry for myself. In reality I am the only one that can change my metacognition. I thought my metacognition was on track, but I have found out that it isn’t, so I will be trying to improve that for my next test. My biggest issue with this is often that I am tired of studying for a test, so I will just say I know it and then I can be done studying. When studying for my next test I plan to start studying a few days before it instead of cramming the night before so then I can evaluate my metacognition the night before the test to see how much of the information I really

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