1. I am aware of my intellectual and / or weaknesses. true
2. I am able to know what kind of information is most important to learn. true
3. I am good at organizing information. true
4. I know what the teacher expects me to learn. true
5. I am good at remembering information. false
6. I have a lot of experience. I learn.  false
7. I am a good judge of how well I understand something. false
8. I am more interested in I am interested in the topic. true
9. I try to use strategies or learning techniques that have worked for me in the past. true
10. I am aware of the methods that I am using when I study. false
11. I use different learning strategies depending on the situation. true
12. I use my intellectual resources to compensate for my weaknesses. false
13. I know when each strategy I want to be most effective. false
14. I slow down when I encounter important information. true
15. I draw pictures, diagrams and notes. true
16. I try to translate new information into my own words. true
17. I ask myself if what I'm reading is related to what I already know. false
18. I try to break down into smaller steps. true
19. I ask myself periodically if I am meeting my goals. false
20. I consider several alternatives to a problem  before I answer. false
21. I find myself analyzing the efulness of strategies while I study. false
22.  I ask myself questions about how well I am doing while learning something new. false
23. I ask others for help when I do not understand something. true
24. I am persistent when working on a challenging problem. true
25. I re-evaluate my assumptions when I get confused. true
26. I stop and re-read or re-view material when I get confused. true
27. I know how well I did once I finish a test. false
28. I ask myself if there is anything easier to finish I finish a task. false
29. I ask myself how well I accomplish my goals once I'm finished. false
30. I ask myself if I learned how to do I finish a task. false

A.  Provide a summary of your perceived areas of strengths and areas of needed improvement

Based off of my work habits assessment, in which I scored a 91/100, I found that my weaknesses were my work habits. This type of class is new to me because I have never taken a course that is mostly self-taught and dependent on independent work. For the future, I see my biggest problem as getting to work right away without prompt and powering through when something is difficult. 

B.  Provide the ratio of true to false out of 30

15: 15 (I did not do that on purpose)

Course Benchmark Goals

• What is it that you are looking for?

At the conclusion of this class, I hope to have a grasp of music theory concepts in order to compose my own music and to adequately lead my section in band. I hope to understand scale patterns, complex rhythms, and composing techniques. I would therefore like to think scales enough to improvise. 

• What are three things you would like to achieve?

• How motivated are you to achieve these goals?

I would say that I am motivated more by the concept than by the way of learning and work load. However, I'm hoping that my interest in the matter matter will help me. 

• How will you increase your motivation if it becomes low during the course of the semester?

If my motivation becomes low during the course of the semester,  I can rely on external motivations such as due dates in order to get the work done. I am hoping that if my internal motivation doesn't push me forward, I will be able to regain it with the more work I do. 

• What strategies can you use to achieve your goals?

Every time I get through a chunk of material, I can give myself a minute or two as a "break" before jumping back in so that I don't completely burn myself out. Using my time wisely and reserving time at home is going to help me a lot in advancing in the material. It will also be helpful for me to apply my music theory learning into what I am doing in band in order to keep it on my mind. 

• What might interfere with your achievement?

My technology might interfere with my achievement because it is technology-based and the only one. What I can do that is close tabs that I'm not using and only open music theory tabs. I have already created a window just for Music Theory.

Something else that might interfere with my achievement would be my procrastination habits, which I am fighting hard to kick. Since I have a challenging semester, this class is often not on my list of priorities and I fall behind. My goal is to use Music Theory as a break between other homework assignments.