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(ii) Prior Learning Before this project, I had some skills and knowledge accumulated from personal experience and specific MYP subjects. With the help of continuous culinary lessons outside of school for the past 2 years and the basic knowledge of diabetes from science and family members, the basic knowledge of creating recipes suitable for diabetes were acquired (Appendix i, Extract 9) . Furthermore, research skills from library research lectures were also acquired. Additionally, self-management and organisation skills were developed through the help of design.

(iii) Demonstration of Research Skills During the research process, both information literacy and media literacy skills were applied. Since I had researched both primary …show more content…

I created an action plan that had specific tasks I was going to do from the start to the end of this project with the start and end dates of each task (Appendix i, Extract 1). All of those tasks were in chronological order with realistic dates and time between each task. This will allow me to be able to be on task at all times and know what to do before hand. Therefore, I will be able to provide time for this project, while managing the time to attend extracurricular activities or work on assessments. However, due to not being aware of the extracurricular activities and school assessments in the upcoming school year (2016-2017) and being off task most of the time during summer, most of the tasks weren’t finished on time (Appendix i, Extract …show more content…

Since I was always off task and not being able to finish what I planned, the work was starting to bile up, including school work and attending extracurricular activities. In order to overcome the challenge, I had to practice delayed gratification by not attending one of the extracurricular activities during the week of catching up.

I demonstrated emotional management through strategies to reduce stress and anxiety. Because I commonly encounter anxieties and panic attacks during challenging situations, I will often invite friends over while I was working on my product, so they can support me and give me advices that will allow me to stay on task (Appendix i, Extract 8).

Reflection skills Because I knew my strengths and weaknesses, I was able to provide personal learning strategies that allowed me to finish my work faster. Since I’m not able to focus on my work for a long period of time, I will use online applications to block all the websites that will cause distractions and set a timer while working (Appendix i, Extract 6). Afterwards, I will reward myself with an episode of a TV show or going through social media. However, time management was still my weakness, as it was always hard for me to go back to work after being

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