EDUC 1300 Chapter 1:
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What will I learn in this chapter? - answer -The characteristics of a
peak performer.
-Be able to identify self-management techniques for academic, job,
and personal achievement
-Be able to create a personal mission statement.
-Be able to identify skills and competencies for school and job
success.
.-Integrate learning styles and personality types.
-Be able to apply the adult learning style.
What is a Peak Performer? - answer Have different lifestyles, ages,
cultures & genders. Anyone can be a peak performer by setting
goals & developing appropriate attitudes & behaviors to achieve
desired outcomes They excel by focusing on results. They know how
to change negative thoughts to positive & realistic affirmations.
They focus on long-term goals & they know how to break down this
goal into daily action steps. They know they can't be perfect or
successfull overnight. They learn how to face the fear of making
mistakes & working through them. They use all of their intelligence
and abilities.
Self-Management: The key of reaching your peak. - answer The
primary strength of every peak performer is a positive attitude.
They think positive about their work and almost everything they do.
, Self-Assessment. - answer This is the first step in becoming a peak
performer. Out of SA comes recognition of the need to learn new
tasks & subjects, relate well with others, set goals, manage time,
and create a balanced, productive life. It requires you have to face
the truth & to see yourself objectively. Honest self-assessment is
the foundation for making positive changes.
What can self-assessment help you with? - answer -Understanding
how you learn best.
-Work with your strengths and natural preferences.
-Balance & integrate your preferred learning style with other styles.
-Use critical thinking & reasoning
-Determine your interests & what you value.
-Change ineffective patterns of thinking & behaving.
-Work more effectively with diverse groups of people.
-Handle stress and conflict.
-Earn better grades.
-Determine & capitalize on your strengths.
-Recognize irrational & negative thoughts & behaviors.
-Most important, focus on self-management & develope strategies
that maximize you energize & resources.
Critical Thinking skills - answer A logical, rational, systematic
thought process that is necessary in understanding, analyzing &
evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.
What can Critical Thinking skills help you with? - answer -Suspend
judgment until you have gathered facts & reflected on them.
-Look for evidence that supports/contradicts your initial
assumptions, opinions, & beliefs.
-Adjust your opinions as new information & facts are known.
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