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COLL 1000 College Success and Survival Skills 1/28/2014 Setting Goals. Mike “Wheels” Breakey , MA. State of the Union Address tonight at 9pm. Talk about the issues with voting, there are many more that face this nation.
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COLL 1000College Success and Survival Skills1/28/2014Setting Goals Mike “Wheels” Breakey, MA
State of the Union Address tonight at 9pm. • Talk about the issues with voting, there are many more that face this nation. • Part of being an educated, informed electorate is taking the time to watch things like the SOTU!
Critical Thinkers Worksheet • Personal definitions—good BUT I would also ask, where are you going to get this information to analyze? • Are you a good CT? Not so concerned with the answer but this point— • What can you do about it • Not all decision require deep, critical thought. • Paralysis of analysis • Listen to others ideas—good, but you also have to go further • Problem, gather, options, weigh evidence, choose, act, review! • Not a list to memorize, but a process to use • Practice, T Charts, confidence, reflect • RTfQ and ATfQ • Watch gross overgeneralizations—nobody votes because everybody thinks it is a waste of time. Really? • Analogies and examples
Critical Thinkers Worksheet • Incentives • Pay • Tax breaks • Food • Door prizes • Mentality • Festive • Social • Education—the idea of responsibility • Access • Online • Door to door • National holiday • Force (at least moderate) • Electoral College deleted
Words of the Day • Goal • The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed; an objective • Locus of Control • Individuals belief in the ability to control events that affect them • Motivation • Psychological feature that causes action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action that gives purpose and direction to behavior • Intrinsic Motivation • Motivation that comes from inside an individual • Extrinsic Motivation • External motivation • SUCH AS?
Locus of Control • What is the answer • How can I find the answer Goal Horizons • Is it just Short and Long Term? • Does this matter? • OH—and realism versus dreaming—the Buzz Killington idea.
A goal sheet I did while bored beyond belief at a meeting at the Pentagon in 2001
Exercise • Scratch paper • Write down • --ONE BIG GOAL YOU MET • --ONE BIG GOAL YOU FAILED TO MEET For each write one or two sentences on why.
Thursday • Quiz on Chapters 3 and 4 • Chapter 5: Learning Principles up to Strengthening Neural Connections (p. 101) • Is the Internet Making Us Stupid discussion • Watch Is the Internet Making Us Stupid video at the following link: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtfM7E95Vs