Improving Note-Taking Skills

I may have a few weaknesses, but also have a couple of good strengths when it comes to school. I am very organized when it comes to paper work and class. I normally have a folder for each class and divided by different sections. Being on time is a big strength for me. I do not like to be late. Being on time also makes me prepare for class calm and not anxious.

Bianca Fields Miss Dibble SDS101 9 November 2015 Strategies for Math and Note Taking I believe Math is learned by doing the problems and doing the homework. The problems help you learn the formulas you need to know, to help with problem solving. I have learned from my own personal experience that you must keep up with the Instructor: attend class, read the text and do homework every day. Falling a day behind puts you at a disadvantage. Falling a week behind puts you in deep trouble.

I am the most deserving of the Bryan Durkin Memorial Scholarship simply because I am committed to furthering my education, and have shown that commitment in many different ways throughout my high school career. The first way that I have shown this commitment is in my community and the values

I will be better at making goals and holding them so i can move forward in my education. I have strong communication skills and i will apply them more by actually talking with my professors rather than trying to figure out questions by myself and equipping the tutoring center rather than , again, trying to figure out my questions on my own. I will also work to stop all my procrastination tendencies and get my work done as early as i can so i don't have to worry or stress about them last

During my high school years, I can confidently say I have excelled in my academic endeavours. This success is partially due to my desire to learn. I am always intrigued by the lessons and concepts that are at the core of assigned work. My passion for learning has facilitated my learning process; because I am usually interested in the material that is being taught, my ability to retain and understand information is heightened. My academic success is also due to my drive to do the best I can. Since grade nine, I have demanded excellence from myself in all academic subjects. I strived to perform to the best of my abilities in the first high school years so that I would adopt that habit early and take it with me through the senior high school years. Finally, my academic excellence

Your academic performance is essentially how you do on your assignments and assessments. This is a significant part of your life because it can determine what you’ve been up to (so like if you actually pay attention in class or if you actually take the time to learn and study). Next, we have Collaboration Skills. Personally, I like to work individually, but in points of your life you are going to have to work with people whether you like them or not, so it is important that you are able to work with others professionally and not cause a hassle or raucous. The way you work with others indicates if you can stay professional in any environment (not letting people distract you and get in the way of your work). In addition to what I have explained thus far, there are a few more categories to discuss, such as on task behavior. In order to do anything well, you have to pay attention, you cannot let the disturbance or immaturity of others distract you from completing work that could possibly increase your College Readiness score. Your work ethic is very important as well. If you are one of those people who do better working at the last minute, then you need to fix it because you have to learn how to do work when it is given to you, and if you do finish your work early, then you will

Overall my academic standing has significantly improved since graduating high school. My freshman and sophomore years in high school were a greater challenge for me than my junior, senior and college years, with regard to academics.

Looking at how I perform at an academic level, there is no surprise to anyone that I am among the top of my class, with hard work and dedication I have fought my way to the get the spot I currently hold. To get to the spot, many challenges had to be overcome and a lot of effort had to be put in. Along the way, I discovered this helped my development into the type of student I currently am.

Although CHEER may seem hard and overwhelming to students, they have to push themselves to achieve an A in both courses. Establishing a growth mindset in summer school is key to being successful in the classes that are being taken. Students should take advantage of tutoring and lab time that

Ever since elementary school, academic success has come very easily to me; I breezed through first through eighth grades, gathering a multitude of All A Honor Roll Awards. In ninth grade, I began to have larger amounts of homework and had little time especially while juggling Lincoln Douglas Debate on top of it all.

My practical thinking skills and organizational skills help me be a person who's always ready and on time as well as the type of person who can take her ideas and dreams and make them goals and achievements. These traits assure me of my bright and fulfilling future as a person, and worker. My creative thinking skills are my lower intelligence traits, and I am not much of a giver, but I still consider them to be some of my best skills. These less dominant traits can help me develope in these certain areas of my life too. I know I can't be one thing, or asses one skill, I have to have a balance of all the skills I need if I want to succeed educationally, professionally, and as well personally. I don't exactly excel in the academics, and I'm not as sociable as I'd want to be, and I believe that's because the fact that I haven't attempted to access these lower traits, I've hindered my opportunity to be better than I currently am. If I took the time to be a more creative and analytical thinker, I would see such an improvement in my grades and academic life. I'm not that great at retaining information or finding ways to remember things, but moving and being active while I learn I heard helps a great deal. I could lose some stress that I've been holding onto making it easier to study, and make things easier to remember, because I can associate the things I did

assignments.” Appendix 6.4 is a screenshot of his notes based on a lecture slide which he downloaded. His notes appear in orange font.

All these activities have made me well organized, planning times on schedule and making sure important priorities still get done. Another thing is my ability to work in a group/ team, and

I am dissatisfied with my memo grades. At this moment I have a 66% in this course. The memos were worth only ten points and two points were taken off for any grammatical errors. There aren't many assignments in this course. Which means there are not many chances to increase

I have become more proficient in my in note taking because I make sure I know what i'm writing about and not just copying what the teachers has put on the board. I also review my notes that I have taken to further understand the lesson or thing I have just learned. I never really did that in the beginning of the year because I felt I didn't have to but know that the material has gotten harder for me I do more often. I have also become better at my studying skills because I try to review all the content from the notes that I think would be helpful on a quiz. I also take my time when studying and don't rush to finish studying so that I can take more time to understand the important stuff in the notes.