Self-Monitoring: the forward-thinking and long-term habit of constantly assessing our strengths and weaknesses as students and proactively taking the actions necessary to improve.
Some Qualities/Characteristics of Self-Monitoring:
- Striving For Accuracy
Check it again. Always do your best; set high standards; check and find ways to improve constantly. Be punctual; plan ahead in order to be on time and ready to go.
- Persisting
Stick to it! Persevere in a task through completion; Remain focused; Look for ways to reach your goals when stuck; Take a break, but never give up.
- Thinking About Your Thinking
Know your knowing! Be aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings, and actions and their effects on your own learning; Be aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.
Self-Control: the immediate and present habit of behaving in anappropriate way that helps to make ourselves and others successful in that particular context.
Some Qualities/Characteristics of Self-Control:
- Managing Impulsivity
Take your time! Think before acting; Remain calm, thoughtful, focused, and purposeful; Be constantly respectful of people and space.
- Thinking Interdependently
Work together! Even if you are uncomfortable, do your best in contributing to group work; Learn from your peers.
Study Skills: the practice of those habits that help us keep up with and even improve upon whatever tasks are demanded of us.
Some Qualities/Characteristics of Study Skills:
- Being Disciplined
Sit down and do it! Practice good study habits; Be prepared for every academic situation; Do those things you might not want to do, but need to do in order to be academically successful; Change what you need to change in order to improve.
- Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Use what you learn! Access your prior knowledge; Transfer knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned; Think it out before your ask.