EDRG 3344 T/R "How Do I Learn."

The strategies that have always been successful for me to learn are with repetition and rehearsal. I start studying the night before and then just before a test, usually it is done in the car driving to class. Another strategy I practice is organization. It almost borders on OCD because a section of notes may be broken up on to two separate pages or if I wrote the notes hurried and disheveled, so that I can understand them, I rewrite the notes and file them in to my folder with a tab attached for quick reference. Then a few days before the test I rewrite major points about the notes so that I can remember with repetition.

According to my Multiple Intelligence Profile, my strength is that I am intrapersonal. Which did not surprise me because I feel more productive when I work alone. I always get stuck in a group that would rather than chat about problems with relationships and take their time getting to the activity at hand. Like a lot of you, I have a family to get back home to, I don't have time to waste. Music and Visuals were tied as my second strength. Sometime I will put my notes into a pattern or song that I can recall during a test. It is easy for me to remember song lyrics, I can hear a new song and I will learn the lyrics quickly.

Lastly, my motivations are my three children. I come from a family that no one has ever attended college. I am the first to not only go to college but I have earned an Associates degree and now am working towards a Masters. I hope to set an example for my children and make college something that is expected. I want my name on a brick at the new A&M San Antonio campus so that I can show my children my accomplishment. My husband is also another motivator. He always encourages me and supports me. He also keeps the kids away if I have alot of studying. Finally, the last motivation is that I have a sense of accomplishment when I look at my GPA and I have maintained a 4.0. Which is a hard task when you have a large family to care for and two of them are toddlers that demand my time.