...------------------------------------------------- time management University of Phoenix GEN 200 Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Ellen Beattie Monday, July 26, 2010 ------------------------------------------------- time management University of Phoenix GEN 200 Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Ellen Beattie Monday, July 26, 2010 A description of time management A problem that I have trouble with is time management. I am always late for something, whether it is for a doctor appointment or class I am never on time. Managing my time effectively is an indication of doing what is most important for me. When a person does not accomplish what they actually want, they may feel confused, compromised, and frustrated. I try to use time management techniques that work for me, only to be disappointed in the long run. Often this is because I do not identify the goals that are most important to me and tackle the techniques toward those goals. Effective time management must include techniques for good prioritizing...
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...Michael Haynes EDER 5050 Quantitative Journal Article Critique Self-Brown, S.R. & Matthews, II, S. (2003). Effects of classroom structure on student achievement goal orientation [Electronic version]. Journal of Educational Research, 97(2), 106-111. In this article, Self-Brown and Matthews present an empirical study of varying classroom evaluative structures and the effect these structures have on students’ motivational goals orientation. The article opens by noting the past research surrounding learning environments and student motivation but quickly informs the reader of the minimal research in regards to classroom evaluation techniques on these motivations. This point identifies the problem and provides justification for the research study. The authors define motivational goals as either performance or learning in nature and characteristics of associated student behavior are detailed. Although not yet explicitly stated, it is obvious that performance and learning goals will be the dependent variables of the study. The literature review is primary in nature and details studies supporting the adoption of learning goals in favor of performance orientations as a means of greater academic achievement. The lack of research pertaining to the authors’ specific topic is well noted, but in concluding the literature review, one study (Ames, 1992c) does suggest alternative evaluative classroom methods to facilitate learning goals orientation, which in turn leads to the...
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...Research Strategy Paper Malcom McDonnell Gen/200 September 14. 2010 Anthony Boccia Research Strategy Paper A problem that I have identified in which I have in my academic life is procrastination. Procrastination has been an issue for me since my years in high school and it is time I develop a strategy to deal with this “catastrophic” issue. In this paper I will develop a research strategy to find a solution for my academic procrastination and will incorporate these solutions into my academics. Have you ever received an assignment or project and you are given a few days to complete it. You tell yourself “ok, I am going to start working on the assignment tomorrow”. Now tomorrow has come and you know you have to start working on your assignment but then you’re going “well I still have two more days to do it” so you tell yourself “ok I will start tomorrow because I still have another day before it’s due”. Next thing you know it’s the night before your assignment is due and now you are stressing out, pressing for time, and up past midnight trying finishing your assignment. This what I have been doing for the last three years in school, waiting till the last minute to start a paper or study for exam. By me procrastinating when it comes to school work I feel pressured, stressed, and also feel as if I am not creating work that is to the best of my ability, this has caused me to receive grades that I was unsatisfied with and really has just made me an average student. I’m not...
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...University of Phoenix Material Map Out an Important Goal 1. Short-Term Educational Goal a. Your specific goal: My short-term educational Goal that I have set is to finish GEN200, Foundations for General Education with a B grade. b. Actions you plan to take to achieve your goal. What will you do to support your goal . . . 1) Today? Today I will review all the resources available to me, and complete assignments. 2) This week? I will answer both discussion questions; respond to my classmate’s discussion question responses four out of the seven days and do two substantial responses on each of those days. I will also complete the Educational Goals Mapping assignment and post my individual biography. I will get a head start on my homework, and schedule a conference with my mentor Tina. Log onto the web site and get familiar with it. 3) This month? I will answer each week’s discussion questions and post the required responses to receive full participation credit. I will complete all assignments on time and do my share of the work for team assignments. 4) This year? I will complete 8 classes this year with a grade average of a B 2. Long-Term Educational Goal a. Your specific goal: Earn my Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management by b. Actions you plan to take to achieve your goal. What will you do to support your goal . . . 1) Today? 2) This week? 3) This month? 4) This year? ...
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...Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper Gen200 University of Phoenix Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper When working in a group each individual should keep in mind that no two people gain knowledge the same way. Chapter 2 “Learning Styles, Majors, and Careers” is about different Learning Styles. “Learning style is defined as a set of characteristics which make learning effective for an individual.” (Seckel) There are eight of them: Verbal-Linguistics, Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Visual-Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Musical, and Naturalistic. Each different Learning Style has its own character traits and the approach to each one is different. Working with a Verbal-Linguistics, a Visual-Spatial, and an Intrapersonal Learning Style should be taken on with different approaches to communication. Communicating with the Visual-Linguistic learner would open because this person is good with writing, reading, listening and speaking. Whereas communicating with Visual-Spatial would be different because they comprehend what they can see. The use email would be considered the major form of communication with this person because charts, graphs, or even presentations could be used to convey the information that is being shared. Then with the Intrapersonal Learning Style communication would very different because this person tends to do a better job when working independent. Collaborating with these three Learning Styles would require...
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...Annotated Bibliography GEN/200 November 13, 2012 Instructors Name The Sequence of Personal Responsibility. (July 2009). In Brookings. Retrieved from <http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2009/07/09-responsibility-haskins> The main point of this article is personal responsibility is dependent on the individual that agrees to social standards. If these standards are not meet these individuals finds a source besides themselves to place the blame. Haskins then goes on to say that people should be taught of basic principles such as: how to determine a good choice and a bad choice. Then the article continues to describe the major importance of enforcing more traditional values to further improve individuals. In turn this correlates with my essay perfectly considering the thesis statement is similar to my own and thus strengthens it thoroughly. Not only does it embody my thesis statement, it includes vivid detail on this can be applied in various situations such as: education, marriage, and work. Potent examples: * Education: Students that dedicate themselves to hard work and learn as much as they can are bound success. This affects what role they may be given and can continuously advance them towards a life of prosperity and serenity. * Marriage: Persons who do devote themselves to their spouses and but times aside to be with them are going to have a prosperous life together. It is important that they set certain duties for each other and agree to them...
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...What is the relationship between ethics and critical thinking? Did ethics play a part in the example of critical thinking you discussed in Week Four? If so, how? If not, how could it have? Critical thinking plays a large part in ethics because it helps us determine for ourselves if something is wrong or right. When in a critical thinking project so many times even when we don’t realize we are incorporating ethics into are thinking process. By doing so we have the ability to effectively make decisions based upon truths and verified information rather than unknowns. When the unknowns are eliminated it brings you the plain truths which exist and make a decision based on that. Ethics plays a large part in my critical thinking from last week. My decision to quit smoking is not only based on facts but as well as having ethical points that were addressed. In a developing a decision, as important as quitting smoking, it is important to use ethics with your critical thinking. Even when you’re not considering ethics, somewhere in the process ethics are either consciously or subconsciously used or woven into our critical thinking. Why are ethics a concern in an academic environment? Use the University Library to locate a specific example of an ethical violation in an academic environment. Provide a brief summary of the example, along with an explanation of why you chose this example. Ethics are a concern in the academic environment because students should do the right thing...
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...GEN/200 Week 4 Discussion Questions 1. In this age of electronic communications such as cell phones, text messaging, and e-mail, what is the role of formal writing? How do you think these digital communication methods influence the writing process? In this age of electronic communications, people always use cell phones, text messaging, and e-mail every day. The communication through e-mail and text messages is not formal writing because people often use basic language or symbols in quick and simple way to exchange a few words with each other. These communications will limit the ability to perform formal writing in both the academic and profession environments. During the writing process, people tend to make errors such as misspell words, no punctuation, and grammar. These errors will make the reader confuse and unable to understand the main point of the paper. In conclusion, people should practice writing proper English in the daily electronic communications. It will help them success in both the academic and profession environments. 2. How do you think presenting information differs from writing a paper on that same information? Although the information for the research stays the same, the writing paper and the presentation are different by the way of individual deliver the information to the audiences. Writing paper provides the sources to show how reliable of information and helps determine the bias based for it. On other hand, presentation cannot...
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...The title is in uppercase and lowercase letters, centered between the left and right margins, and positioned on the upper half of the page. Center the following elements on the page in this order: Title of paper in mixed uppercase and lowercase letters Your first and last name without including academic or license information, such as BSN or RN Course abbreviation and number Due date, including the month, day, and year Instructor’s name Main Body of the Text Margins All margins must be 1 inch, per University of Phoenix Writing and Style Guidelines. Page Numbers Page numbers must be 1 inch from the right edge, between top edge and first line of text on all pages. Abstract http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/gen200/week_2/gen200_2.01_attachment_apa_format_checklist.htm 5/4/2010 APA Format and Style Checklist Page 2 of 3 Use only for University of Phoenix papers if required by the assignment. When assigned, use guidelines in the Sample Paper. Title of Paper Begin the text of the paper by repeating the title from your title page. The title should be centered but not bolded. Headings Headings indicate the organization of the paper and establish importance. Match...
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...Team Building Gen200 1. My strongest on the wheel were thinking and communicating. My weakest were time and memory. 2. To have the diversity on the team is great because if one person is strong in an area on the wheel they make up for someone that is weaker in that area. One of the challenges we could face is lack of communication, sometimes you can have too many talkers and not enough listeners. 3. It can be effective both positive and negative. Different personalities can clash or complement each other. If everyone has strong communication skills, and positive attitudes I think team work is a great experience. In life you are constantly faced with many situations where team building is a must. It can be from home to family or able to function on a job. 4. My lens was the: Results Lens and Reputation Lens. You listen to your intuition (sensibility) to determine the greatest good for each individual (autonomy) and the character traits and virtues that will best serve the community (equality). I think the results are important because it reflects a lot about a person’s personality. In my life I tend to take the nurturing role and I am always willing to help people, even it means that ultimately I do all the work. I like to be people-pleaser and encourage everyone to get along. 5. With everything...
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...Personal Ethical Statement Everitt D. Jackson Gen200 Donna Cooper June 27, 2012 As human beings there are core values we all must use that are generally help to resolve ethical conflicts. Simply understanding that many others have their own decision making skills gives us the insight on how to better view others thoughts and opinions. Ethical Lens Inventory can better be described as a tool to help identify the values which are most important to you as an individual while touching bases on what challenges or strengths one holds. By completing an Ethical Lens Inventory it permits whomever to observe their ethical issues clearly and come up with better solutions for things to come. Rights-Responsibility and results lens is the preferred ethical lens that best describes my overall personality. Rights-Responsibility and results lens is for the individual that can analyze or think a problem through before considering what actions are needed to be taken to end up with the best outcome. Looking at the images that depict the type of ethical lens you fall up, Rights-Responsibility and results lens is represented by a telescope. A telescope is used to look further then what the average human eye can, representing the skill to look into things in a more in depth manor. Seeing that the blind spot is the belief that motive justifies method or your own good is good enough is a statement that hits the nail right on the head. Finding reasons or actions to make yourself feel good about what...
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...Personal Responsibility in Education Angela M. Roberson Foundations for General Education/GEN200 Professor Sundra Kincy August 21, 2014 Personal Responsibility and Education Personal Responsibility can be defined as the act of being held accountable or taking ownership of one’s actions. It can also relate to the freedom and the power to create what happens in your life. It’s your life and you must take charge of it. In this paper I will discuss personal responsibility and how it related to your educational goals. I will give examples of ways to take responsibility of your educational endeavors and how to implement them into your everyday life. There will be a discussion on the benefits as well as the disadvantages of taking personal responsibility of your education. I. Deciding to pursue higher education is a big decision and it has responsibilities along with it. A. You must have a plan. B. Long and short term goals. II. You must decide how you are going to pay for school. A. Scholarships and Financial Aid. B. Tuition Reimbursement. III. Lifestyle changes are very necessary when embarking on educational advancements. A. Time Management B. Maintaining a schedule. C. Balancing family time. D. Making a calendar. IV. Higher education has its advantages. A Higher pay C. Career advancements D. Better lifestyle. V. Disadvantages A. Less time for extracurricular activities B. Less time for friends...
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...Personal Responsibility and College Success GEN200 Personal Responsibility and College Success It is my belief that the correlation between personal responsibility and college success encompass all areas of my life. Even though teachers are there to teach me, implementing my personal responsibility values will ensure my college success by using solid time management strategies, identifying my goals, and managing my stress. Definition of Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility, to me, means being aware of my commitments, knowing what my resources are to follow through with those commitments, understanding my deficits, exploring ways to better them, and being active with my goal planning. My management of time and stress will be the two biggest hurdles to overcome. When I am considering how best to manage my time, I look at four specific areas: structuring time for my schoolwork, using an effective calendar, scheduling family time, and managing my stress. Dave Ellis(2011), author of Becoming a Master Student, summed it up so well by saying, “Time is an equal opportunity resource. All of us, regardless of gender, race, creed, or national origin, have exactly the same amount of hours in a week. No matter how famous we are, no matter how rich or poor, we get 168 hours to spend each week-no more, no less.” Relationship between Personal Responsibility and College Success The first step I took to evaluate my time was using the...
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...The National Rifle Association and Career Success Francisco Diaz GEN200 September 28, 2010 Professor Carla A. Lord The National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association, formally known as the American Rifle Association is an association that has interested me so much I became a member. Established in 1871, the NRA was dedicated to voicing the second amendment (the right to bear arms) of the United States of America Bill of Rights and instructing others on how to safely and correctly operate a firearm. Today, they are a non-profit organization whose efforts have shifted not only towards the protection of the second amendment, but also the protection of their fellow members if ever wrongfully prosecuted for a weapons related charge. The NRA also offers their members other great benefits and services. The National Rifle Association is a book of knowledge. Thus they contribute towards increasing my professional knowledge and abilities in many ways. The NRA always keeps me informed and updated on any new legal or political issues and training. It is important to be cognizant of any and all legal or political issues. Not only to ensure your future, but also to stay in compliance of the law. Not knowing the law only increases ones chances of breaking it. This is especially true for those who own a concealed weapons license (CCW) and actually carry as I myself do. This knowledge affects my career success not only directly, but more indirectly. My definition...
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...Academic success can be achieved by creating educational goals and maintaining academic integrity. Your personal learning style will help you not only in school but in your career and in your life. With so many resources available to students you are sure to succeed at anything you put your mind to. Proper education and learning the core fundamentals of our major is very important, but without learning about how we learn as individuals and exposing ourselves to all of the services the university has to offer we may not be as successful as we can be. Beginning my educational journey at the University of Phoenix and taking GEN200 has helped me refresh my learning abilities, learn some new critical thinking skills and has helped me in taking the beginning steps to achieve success in my education and eventually in my career. Setting long and short term goals is the key to academic success. Creating realistic long term goals such as graduating college gives us something to work towards and creates the ultimate goal. Setting short term goals such as finishing a paper early, getting all of the reading for a class done or getting an A in a class brings us one step closer to achieving the ultimate goal. Short term goals will always help bring us to our long term goal without it becoming overwhelming and working toward that goal one step at a time. One way to help achieve a short term goal of succeeding academically is the writing process. Getting your thoughts on paper, completing...
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