EDRG 3344 TR #1

Ok so this blog is supposed to be our thoughts on the things that we learned in class this last week so here it goes. In reflecting over the week and what we have learned have reinforced quite a few things that i know and knew about myself. In taking the Multiple intelligences survey developed by Howard Gardner, I learned that i was a Musical and Intrapersonal strength and in a strong second a Visual strength. I have always known that i am a Musical Strength. I constantly liten to it but it is also very easy for me to recall things if I associate a song with them. I was alittle surprised that i was as strong an Intrapersonal strength as i was. I love doing group work but i do alos like doing some things on my own so I guess that makes sense. My very close second strength was Visual and that makes alot of sense to me. I am a Visual and Kinesthetic Learner so it is always easier for me to accomplish things if I see and do things hands on.
In going over the 5 general learning strategies I recognized a few things that i still do to this day. I am a rehearsal, organization and elaboration person. I love learning more about subjects and the more i know about one the more i am likely to remember. I hate being unorganized when it comes to my notes and things. I learn so much better when things are in their order and it makes things less stressful for me. When it comes to rehearsal I repeat information to myself constantly inorder to remember it. I have done this for a long time and it was something i picked up in Choir because we had to have songs memorized by the third time we had run them through so that we didn't have to use the music when we were on stage.
In going back over all of this i need to re-modify the way that i study so that i know i can learn more effectively.