(Paris & Paris, 2001) stated
that, “Perhaps the greatest source of individual difference lies in the
failures to self-regulate thinking and behavior.”
February 20th came and
went. My monitoring plan goal to post by this date was not achieved. Over the course
of this week as other things loomed, work deadlines, children’s hockey, an
extra episode of House, my conscience pulled at me. However, I could not
motivate myself to put together the necessary research to complete my
assignment.
Epiphany – I have achieved SRL
behaviour. This assignment isn’t about SRL, it’s about the ability to create,
recognize, motivate and redirect behaviours to achieve your goal. So, here I am
working on things again. I have identified my lack of motivation, I am
redirecting my efforts with a revised monitoring plan in relation to my proximal
goals.
Reviewing my monitoring plan,
1. What
are the goals for my learning?
Always at the
forefront – my distal goal
Create and execute
a basic research plan that identifies sectors of growth, transferable skills
and experienced that are needed for career growth in the post-secondary field.
2. Where am I right now in relation to my goals? Am I on track to achieve goal by the 20th?
I believe I have now found
105 pieces of information. But, not necessarily in the manor I expected to. My
Evernote is full of links. My Excel spreadsheet is a disaster of pasted
information. What I did find as I searched sites were links to articles. That
is where I was slowed down. Instead of finding actual posted information on
career opportunities, I found articles about the future. These journals and
magazine articles slowed me down and required me to reconsider things.
3. If I haven’t yet met my goals, what do I
still need to do?
I am revising my monitoring plan,
which is okay. I still have the same target date to complete, but I need to sit
myself down and ensure that I complete each step by the new date set.
Revised Monitoring Plan
Feedback questions:
1. Does what I have proposed seem reasonable?
Resources
Paris, S. G., &
Paris, A. H. (2001). Classroom applications of research on self-regulated
learning. Educational Psychologist, 36(2), 89–101.
doi:10.1207/s15326985ep3602_4
I agree that we always need to reflect and tweak if necessary to ensure we are successful. It is great that you are tweaking to see success. I really liked your comment about find information a different way than what you expected. I too am feeling like I do some searching but more importantly for me that connection with people so I can bounce ideas off of people is a way I am seeing I learn best.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals.
Thank you for the reply. This seems to be the one great benefit to monitoring, the ability to adjust as we go. This is very much in keeping with so much we do everyday. Very few things we set out to do go as planned.
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