Ranking My Priorities

The strategy that I used this week is Ranking Priorities. I have done similar concepts before of creating a schedule, such as during the exam experiment when I was creating my schedule for the week, but I thought that I could maybe try it in a more organized fashion. I used it for my Earth Science class, and College Learning Strategies as well.

I used it for Earth Science because I knew I had a test coming up on Wednesday for this class, so I thought that it could help me ORGANIZE a bit, since that is the biggest task in college. Also, for College Learning Strategies, there's a couple of tasks that needed to get done, so that was a good idea as well.

Specifically, for Earth Science, I needed to study a couple days in advance for my test, and I have to study for other classes as well as writing an essay, so I thought according do the dates that ranking my priorities would be a good idea. For CLS, I knew that I needed to do my tech assignment, finish my exam experiment early so that I could maybe get some extra points added to it, and to skim chapter 7 and choose a mnemonic device I had never used & use it in another course.

I thought this was a good strategy considering that I am a visual learner, so seeing in front of my eyes what was most important for me to get done was a good idea.

I started by laying out everything that I needed to get done. I knew I needed to finish my exam experiment, hand it in early, do my tech assignment, skim chapter 7, use a mnemonic device, read an Earth Science chapter 12, and study for my test. I labeled them from A-> C as either essential, important, or optional. Then I more specifically grouped them with a number rank. After having my list, I attacked my tasks that I needed to get done. Studying my Earth Science study guide was just review after the other rankings, so that was only a B.

I did like this strategy a lot. It is simple, and takes not too much time to do. But it is efficient, and makes sure that you get done all of your tasks. If anyone who is a visual learner and likes to see what they need to get done right in front of their face, than I recommend this.

Earth Science 105

A-1 Finish reading Chapter 12 (so I know all the information on the test

A-2 Go to Office hours for Lucia (tuesday)

A-3 Create study guide for the test after I know all the information

B-1 Study the study guide

College Learning Strategies 105

A-1 Tech Assignment

B-1 Exam Experiment

B-2 Hand in Exam Experiment

B-3 Create mnemonic device

B-4 Skip chapter 7