...Continuing Academic Success When looking at continuing academic success one must make several critical decisions; chose if continuing going to school is the right choice for them. Most of the time when people come to that decision, they come to realize several things. That it is important to continue academic success because it helps you set goals for your academic success, helps you strengthen your learning style, and there are so many sources out there to help you succeed. When one makes that first step in continuing their academic success; it becomes clearer and clearer how important it is to further yourself in academic success. One can benefit so much from going back to school or even just continuing any academic journey. The major benefit of continuing academic success would have to be just making a person stand out more than their peers; like a company choosing to promote one person over the other because they have a certain degree in the field of that industry they work in. Furthermore, if a company was hiring a limited amount of personal and they only choose the people that had a degree or were attending school to further their education. Those people that chose to continue their education would get hired. Also, consider the more education you have, the more money you will make. However, most people will be tested ethically, and they will learn true academic integrity as well. Consider this if one continues academic success they will benefit from learning how other...
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...Continuing Academic Success Continuing Academic Success is extremely important to those who plan to make advancements in their chosen career fields. It provides the opportunity to keep current with ideas, techniques, and advancements that are being made in their area of employment. We will address the importance of setting achievable goals, the importance of learning styles in academic success and the validity of ethics and academic integrity in helping to achieve continuing academic and professional success. Setting Goals Distinct, clearly defined goals that can be measured will allow a person to take pride in accomplishing the goals they have set. They are able to see clear forward progress in what otherwise might seem a long drawn out process. Setting goals allows one to choose where they want to go in school or in a career and what they want to achieve. Knowing what they want to achieve, helps them know what they have to concentrate on and improve. Goal setting gives one long-term vision and short-term motivation. By setting goals students and employees can: improve their academic and career performance, increase their motivation to achieve, increase pride and satisfaction in performance and improve their self- confidence. Setting goals and measuring their achievements allow the goal setters to see what they have done and what they are capable of doing. Seeing their results gives them confidence and assurance and motivation they need to believe they can...
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...Continuing Academic Success GEN/201 Dec 15, 2014 Aimee Styers Continuing Academic Success Developing Academic success that will follow you throughout your life starts with planning, understanding your learning style, developing an effective writing and critical thinking process. As I begin my continuing education, continuing academic success is what I want, not only in my academic accomplishments but in all that I do at home and at work. So what is success, in its simplest form it is accomplishing or achieving what you desire or set as a goal. Then academic success is achieving or obtaining that degree and continuing academic success is the process of taking what you learn at school out into everyday life and your job. For me success is taking control of my education, abilities and skills to help me achieve my goals. Before I can do this I must establish a plan and define my goal or goals. So how do I reach this goal? That is a question many of us face, in many aspects of life. In reaching a goal it must first be defined and measureable. Effective goal setting is a key to success in whatever you do. According to (Morisano, Hirsh, Peterson, Pihl, & Shore, 2010), failure to have clear goals has led to students dropping out of college. When establishing a goal, an important question to ask is, why. Not knowing why you desire a goal will lead to a good chance of losing direction and site of the goal. Resulting in either the goal being delayed or worst, never...
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...Continuing Academic Success Continuing academic success goes further than just being in good standing within a university, or showing adequate progress towards a degree. It also includes creating your own goals that you need to work towards while continuing your education. Whether those goals are purely academically based or those goals pertain to what you want from your schooling to better your career and life, that decision is up to you. In the following paper I will share with you my own personal struggles with continuing my academic success, and the resources I used from my first course at the University of Phoenix to overcome those struggles. My Setbacks with Continuing Academic Success When I started the long journey of returning back to school I had many fears running through my head that made me feel that I may fail on this path of bettering myself. I had a fear of reading. Now that may sound strange, but I have always found focusing on reading a book challenging. I could read the words, and most of the times understand them, but my attention to the book would always drift. I had fears of staying on task and completing assignments on time. I felt that my life may be too busy to go back to school. I’ve always had the fear of writing papers. I’ve prided myself on being able to speak well and sound educated, but to actually sit down and write a professional paper scared me and made me feel ignorant towards a basic step in the academic process. In the past I have also...
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...Continuing Academic Success Caress Alexander GEN/201 BRANDI MORRELL Continuing Academic Success Success, the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals. When I first started this class I didn’t think that it was going to be very useful. I thought that I was going to learn how to study more effectively and maybe learn how plan my schedule better. Little did I know that I would learn life lessons with will stick with me for the rest of my life. I was also force to look at my strengths and weakens. I learned other various things in this course. The first thing that I learned is, that settings goals lead to success, because setting goals help you get to the big picture. You can set long term and short term goals to help you get to where you want to go. Motivation can influence the attitude, perception and persistence of working adults in pursuing higher education towards their learning success. “Motivation influences how and why people learn as well as how they perform. In brief, motivation is paramount to the academic success of working adults in continuing education.” Lee, P., & Pang, Vincent. (2014, April). The influence of motivational orientations on academic achievement among working adults in continuing education. International Journal of Training, (), 5-15. I plan on getting my associates degree in Network Support and becoming a Network Administrator. I love working with computer systems and cannot wait until...
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...Continuing Academic Success Christina Lambert GEN/201 12/09/14 Maureen Parker Continuing Academic Success Academic success is achieved by setting goals, applying critical thinking skills, using ethical behavior, and utilizing all available resources. Everyone’s career goals should include academic success, as it is necessary to move forward in your career and achieve your life goals. By setting goals students will be able to better motivate themselves to succeed in school and with their career. During my first few assignments, I have learned a lot about the tools necessary to become successful as well as how to apply them to my everyday life. Setting goals was able to help me as I now have a clear expectation of what I want to accomplish and how to get it done with maximum efficiency. I want to be able to advance my education by passing all my classes and move forward in my job to be a store manager. By setting goals for myself for school I was able to complete all of my assignments on time, and make sure I gave the best quality work I could. I have taken what I have learned from my classes and also used it in my workplace, as the writing process was able to teach me how to write my reviews better and communicate more efficiently with my coworkers. In order to accomplish this I used my critical thinking skills that I learned early on. Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the process we can use to determine whether or not something is right or wrong. By being...
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...Continuing Academic Success Kasey E Marsh II Gen/200 3/1/2015 Susie Holiday Continuing Academic Success The end is near to my first class at the University of Phoenix. As I continue on with my education, I would like to have great academic success. Academic success can be achieved by being aware of one’s goals, the writing process and the importance of critical thinking skills. By knowing these things, I believe my academic success will be achievable. Goals Setting goals in life is the key to my success. I feel that without goals the task you do in life has little to no purpose. “A goal is whatever an individual is striving to accomplish in their life”(Alispahić, n.d., p. 197). There is a lot I would like to achieve in life; that is why setting goals makes so much sense. Also having goals works as a motivator and encourages me to have a commitment. The bigger the goal the more fulfillment I will have in accomplishing them. (Alispahić, n.d.). My educational goals are that I finish my bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above. After that, I would like to move on and obtain a master's degree. Also, I plan to stop procrastinating when it comes to my homework and studying. Procrastination is something I have struggled with and realize it will not help me to achieve academic success. Some career goals would be to find a closer job while I am finishing my bachelor's degree. When I get that degree, the aim is to get a job in my field...
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...Continuing Academic Success Jason Owens Gen/200 December 4, 2014 Brandon Henry Continuing Academic Success Continuing academic success can be achieved through creating goals, knowing your personal learning style and how the writing process can help you, and also by knowing which resources can be used to help you reach your goals. There are a few types of goal setting that can help you to be successful during you academic career. One of these is short term goals, which can be described as something that you would like to accomplish in the very near future i.e.: a day, a week or even a month or two. A few examples in my case are showing up to school on time with my homework turned in or planning what I might want to do on the weekend. It may also include planning what I need to do to accomplish the set goal. Another type of goal is long term goals. A long term goal can be thought of as a goal that will take an extended period of time and/or planning to complete. This type of goal is usually set when something will take you more than a year to achieve. This is the category where your future usually falls into, whether it be to complete your degree program, find your dream career or maybe even start a family. All of these things take large amounts of time and planning to do the things that will be needed to accomplish any of the tasks. By creating goals, you give yourself a way to track your success. It should also help you to stay organized and focused so instead of...
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...Continuing Academic Success Sheri Coleman GEN/201 August 18, 2014 Lindsey Rudolph, Professor Continuing Academic Success According to Curran and Reivich (2011) “How does goal setting increase performance, achievement, and ultimately well-being” (p. 44)? In my opinion, academic success should be included in one’s model for achieving one’s career goals. While some believe continuing academic success is not required to obtain one's ultimate career goal, academic success is achieved by setting goals, fusing one’s learning style with lessons being taught, applying critical thinking skills and utilizing all available resources. During this first course of continuing my education, I’ve learned the tools necessary to become academically successful as well starting on the path to a successful career. Goal Setting Setting goals, leads to success because there’s a plan being put into motion. According to Lock & Latham 2002, “Research indicates that when an individual sets a goal that individual shows increased direct physical effort, cognitive effort on repeated task, self-reported subjective effort, and physiological indicators of effort” (p.44). Choosing the online course to continue my education allows me to move at my own pace. Setting goals is directive; goals reveal the path in which I need to follow. All of these actions lead to positive outcomes. (Curran & Reivich 2011, Lock & Latham 2002, Locke & Bryan 1969). Smaller and easier to attain...
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...CONTINUING ACADEMIC SUCCESS Dale Ray Blackard GEN/201 5/23/2016 Laticia Dezell Continued Academic Success Continuing academic success opens opportunities for advancement and increases monetary value based upon transferred knowledge. Education promotes a person as a dedicated person that does the necessary actions to accomplish the personal preference of the goal desired. One who exemplifies this internal drive receives advancements in the work place. Promotions and added responsibilities are usually given to this type of person. This drive for improvements does not stop at work. This person usually has a very nice home life. The advancements in the home life are shown in the materialistic things such as the clothes you wear and the house one possesses. In fact, continuing education can open up previously closed doors and lead to better opportunities (“Benefits of Continuing Education”, 2016). Educational and Career Goals As I have begun my online college journey, I have changed the desire of just wanting a degree. The adventures of studying over the past several weeks has opened my eyes to the fact that the educational goal of wanting my Bachelor’s Degree is not the only reason that I now want to complete school. I have learned how to better myself through different learning activities and discovered personality traits that will help me advance in my career and in my life decisions. I lost a good paying job because of economic factors. In trying to get another job...
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...Continuing Academic Success Heather Cambilargiu Gen/201 May 25, 2015 Laticia Dezell Continuing Academic Success To achieve anything meaningful in life requires knowing where you want to go and how you are going to get there. Achieving academic success is a difficult but rewarding process. It is achieved by setting goals, using the writing process, applying critical thinking skills, knowing your learning style and utilizing all your available resources. If we put our minds to it and work hard then we can succeed. Not only in academics will we succeed but in life as well. Setting Goals Academic success is achieved by setting goals. Goals give your life focus and a clear direction. Goals also give a new meaning to everything you do. Students that do not regularly set goals find themselves just drifting through their college education with no real plans for academic success. They base their decisions and actions on what ever comes their way instead of what they hope to accomplish in the future. Setting goals can lead to academic success by staying focused, having a clear direction, knowing where you need to go and how you are going to get there. I plan to take a quiet minute to think about more goals I want to set and to determine what my values and priorities are in education and in my career. I will write my goals down and say them out loud every day. An educational goal of mine is to complete my degree without any inturruptions. A career goal of mine is to...
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...Continuing Academic Success XXX GEN/201 XXX XXX Continuing Academic Success Going back to school can be a very difficult decision. There are many factors that can determine the decision to go back to school such as finances, career growth, looking for a better job, or to fulfill personal goals. That made me think about the reasons why I was going back to school. I think for most students, why one would want to return to school is an easy question to answer. After much thought, the important question is not why I was going back to school but how I was going to finish it. I needed to evaluate the reasons why I did not complete school and narrow down the key factors that will make me successful this time around. The variables for academic success are different from student to student, but some of the key factors for all students are goal setting, time management, and academic integrity. Goal Setting Goals are essential to any type of success. Goals serve as a directive and energizing function. It affects the persistence of participants and affects action by leading to arousal and discovery (Locke & Latham, 2002). Goals will keep someone motivated, focused, and provides a sense of direction necessary for academic success. However, simply creating goals will not lead to academic success. During my early academic career, my lack of goal setting led to academic failure. It was difficult for me to achieve my goals without having a clear understanding of what I was trying...
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...Continuing Academic Success Name GEN/201 Date Teacher Name Continuing Academic Success Achieving academic success is something that many individuals consider to be a challenging task. Some people even think that it might be too difficult to worry even about trying to achieve it. While attempting to reach your goal in obtaining academic success, you must meet your university’s expectations and guidelines to reach your goal of being awarded a degree. If you want to thrive in school, you have to be willing to work hard and make sacrifices. The same initiative will also be needed to be successful in whatever career path you choose for yourself. By proving not only to yourself but others that you can see it through in getting your degree, you are also setting yourself up to have a definite career path in the future. Setting goals is a significant step in achieving success. By recognizing your goals, you can realize what is truly important. Setting specific goals, rather than a wide-ranging off objectives, encourages you to work harder to obtain your goals. To reach your goal, you must first determine whether that goal is a realistic one and if it is an achievable one. Once you have established this, the next step is to come up with a plan with exact steps to help you reach your goal. The steps in the plan not only guide you down the path, but also provide you with reassurance to continue working toward goal achievement as each action is completed. I plan on following...
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...Continuing Academic Success Abstract Continuing academic success is imperative in today's society. The majority of the jobs in today’s society require you to have a formidable educational background to be considered for employment. The ability to continue and grow in academic achievement is necessary toward the efforts of furthering a career, gaining work experience, and future successes as a professional. Continuing Academic Success Even though in today’s society, personal connections mean more than academic knowledge, continuing academic success plays a significant role in your future as well. Being able to continue and grow in academic success helps the student further his or her career and gain more experience in his or her career field, as well as promote his or her future successes as a professional. A person who is literate and knowledgeable about the subject matter can earn promotions to higher positions with roles that necessitate the employment of a well-educated employee. It helps open up various opportunities in a person’s career based off of everything they will have learned from an academic program. Academically successful adults are those who have a higher level of education. These people are more likely to gain employment, as well as employment stability. Gaining more experience provides them with available resources in their current career field and keeps them updated with any changes that take place within that career field. They may be provided with...
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...Continuing Academic Success Academic success is a journey and it takes learning and applying new skills to become successful in that journey. Some of the things you will want to learn along the way are how to set goals and achieve them, your personal learning style, and the writing process. With these skills you are on the right path to continuing your academic success. Creating educational and career goals and working to achieve them is essential to success. Without setting goals you can’t reach you destination because you don’t really have a clear path to follow to get there. It’s like driving in the dark with no headlights, you’re likely to crash. When you set a goal you have to work to achieve it, and this takes effort. In order to achieve long-term goals you will want to set short-term goals that lead up to it. By taking it one step at a time and putting in effort to achieve your short-term goals your long-term goals become realistic. One of my goals that I would like to accomplish is to save up and buy my own car. In order to achieve this goal I will have to make a few lifestyle changes, like for instance, stop eating takeout for dinner every night and put that money into a savings account. That money will add up quickly and I will be one step closer to buying my own car. This is something to keep in mind when you think and the importance or goals, “Mastering goal setting is a key to lifelong success and happiness. So set personal and organizational goals and track...
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