3501 ASSESS 3
Explore personal learning processes in the areas of metacognition, optimal challenge and performance, and motivation and procrastination.
Introduction
Many underlying processes influence and guide our learning. We can help improve our learning experience by better understanding these processes. Consider, for instance, optimal challenge. This is the balance between difficulty level of a task and the individual's abilities to perform the task. An optimal task is neither too difficult nor too easy for a learner. Procrastination, or the tendency to put off completing tasks, can be a result of tasks that are out of alignment with a person's optimal level of challenge for a given task. Someone might avoid or delay completing a task as a result of that perceived challenge or a variety of other factors. Metacognition is a cognitive psychology term that loosely means “thinking about your thinking.” Being a reflective learner can help you identify challenges, set reasonable goals, and make forward progress on your work.
Learning about these skills can help you to become even more aware of your own thinking and learning processes and how to enhance them. For this assessment, you will reflect on your own learning processes to better understand your learning strengths and challenges. You will also formulate a plan for growth.
Overview
For this assessment, you will reflect on your own learning processes to better understand your learning strengths and challenges as well as formulate a plan for growth.
Preparation
Use the resources for this assessment to explore each of the following cognitive concepts:
- Metacognition.
- Optimal challenge and performance.
- Motivation and procrastination.
As you learn about metacognition, optimal challenge and performance, and motivation and procrastination, think about your areas of strength and greatest areas for growth in relation to these learning topics. Be prepared to describe these strengths and areas for growth.
Professional Sources and Scholarly Research
In your paper, you will support your analysis through the use of professional sources, such as textbooks, information from professional organizations and educational sites, and research findings from scholarly professional journals. You can use the resources provided, or you can find professional and scholarly sources of your own choosing from the Capella library.
If you are unfamiliar with scholarly journals, review these library resources:
- How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?
- Find Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed Sources.
Assessment Instructions
Using the Personal Learning Analysis Template [DOCX] Download Personal Learning Analysis Template [DOCX], write a 5–7 page paper that addresses your learning processes in the following areas:- Metacognition.
- Optimal challenge and performance.
- Motivation and procrastination.
- Analyze your skills in specific areas of metacognition, supporting your thinking with information from professional and scholarly sources.
- Analyze the role of optimal challenge in your academic performance, supporting your thinking with information from professional and scholarly sources.
- Analyze the role of motivation and procrastination in your academic performance, supporting your thinking with information from professional and scholarly sources.
- Describe your areas of strength and areas for growth in learning.
- Describe your strengths in one or two paragraphs.
- Describe your areas for growth in at least one fully developed paragraph.
- Choose one area of growth and create a plan to strengthen this area. Identify some strategies and steps that you'll take to continue to build this area of skill. Support your strategies with information from professional or scholarly sources.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Check your spelling and grammar. Visit the Writing Center's Microsoft Editorpage for tips on using Microsoft Editor to support your writing.
- Please feel free to write in first person (I, me, et cetera).
- Sources: Use a minimum of four resources. Sources can be a combination of course resources, professional sources (such as a textbook), and peer-reviewed scholarly articles (no more than eight years old).
- Note on the scoring rubric that to reach distinguished scoring, you will need to apply information from professional scholarly journals to support your analysis.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting guidelines. Refer to Evidence and APA page on Campus for guidance.
- Use in-text citations throughout your work and provide full references at the end of your paper.
- Template: Use the Personal Learning Analysis Template [DOCX] Download Personal Learning Analysis Template [DOCX]for your paper.
- Length: 5–7 typed, double-spaced pages of content in addition to a title page and references page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.