The purpose of this activity is help you become more aware of the your commitment to your studying and to develop strategies which when implemented may increase the quality of your efforts.

For this activity pick one of the courses which you are currently enrolled in and has at least a moderate amount of reading required. This should be used in conjunction with your time management plan. Do the following:

1. Using your syllabus plan out a studying schedule for the next week.

2. After each studying episode evaluate your performance. If you implemented a strategy you developed from a prior reading episode include it in your evaluation.
   A. Did you meet your goal? (Scale yourself 0 -5) If not why not?
   B. Do you have a product - It must be something concrete - notes, cards, marked text, etc.. (Scale yourself 0 -5)
   C. How was your attitude? (Scale yourself 0 -5) Bored, interested, etc. Why?
   D. Did you understand the material? (Scale yourself 0 -5) If not why not?
   

Total up your points - for each score of 3 or less develop a strategy to use next time
* Consider the following areas - Time management, note-taking, reading, stress management, review/test taking and general studying principles.

Write the strategy down with the corresponding letter so you will be able to monitor your efforts and whether or not the strategy helped.

At the end of the week plan out a schedule for the following week and start again at A.

Continue to do this activity until you have a "5"" in categories A - C and a "4 or 5" in D on a daily basis.

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