Developing study
skills
About a month ago I took
a test called VARK which identified my preferred learning style. The results
came back with a mild visual learning preference which means I understand visual learning
easier and more efficiently than what I do with listening, reading and writing
and doing practical work.
The different
learning styles I used to create activities for my studies were, presenting
diagrams which made it easier for me to understand and make an interpretation on
the correct context and information. I also emphasized important words or
different sentences or bits of information in my work, such as; highlighting
and using different colours to underline necessary information.
Strength
My strength is taking information in quickly this
helps me in my studies as I can get straight into an activity and don’t have to
wait around until it is repeated again.
Weaknesses
My weakness is I
feel like I need reassurance when completing tasks. This is important within
the accountancy role as everything has to be finalized and correct. I would
improve this by believing in myself more as majority of the time I am correct
but doubt myself.
The only problems I
have struggled in the course is revising for computerized accounts as it is all
computer based on a certain software and unable to access from home. Therefore
everything had to be completed in lesson and done correctly as we couldn’t access
It from home and by the next lesson we was on something different.
When we did a Patrice
paper in book keeping we hit some tough questions a few of us worked collaboratively
to get through the questions. Each person described how they would approach the
question and each person listened and together we would find a suitable way for
all of us to hack the question head on.
I could use my
learning journal or other resources to help me in the future by posting them on
my blog which allows you to go back in and access the things you posted enabling
you to remember what you did there and then if It ever came up again in the future you could access this
information.
This post was a good reflection of your learning this term, Riona. Like many of us, your strengths relate to your weaknesses. In your case, you are confident but need re-assurance. Your goal then is to find a balance between the two!
ReplyDeleteYour writing is clear and enjoyable to read - perhaps a bit more careful proofreading needed to check for typos ;)
Now that you have put the labels gadget on the sidebar you will be able to find things in this learning journal more easily, and can use it as a place to record notes as well as demonstrating how your learning is developing over time.
Well done!