Life: High School and Self-regulated Learning Strategies
Journal #2: Self-Regulation & Will
What are the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that interfere with your academic success? Becoming aware of these behaviors, thoughts, and feelings is the first step in learning to use self-regulated learning strategies.
List five academic behaviors that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: I watch too much television.
1. I am on my phone too much.
2. I am easily distracted.
3. I get lazy and procrastinate.
4. I give up.
5. I watch TV instead of doing homework.
List five academic thoughts that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: Before I take an exam, I always think I m going to fail.
1. I don’t know any of this.
2. I don’t care about any of this.
3. Why can’t I just get this over with?
4. I’d rather be doing something else than taking this test.
5. Why am I the only one still taking the test.
List five emotions (feelings) that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: I have continual fear of not succeeding when I am in a math course.
1. Hate towards school.
2. Feelings of failure
3. Never was good enough.
4. I get anxiety when I don’t understand something.
5. Hopelessness
Do you have conscious control over your own actions and emotions? This exercise will help you to seriously consider some questions as you strive for a deeper understanding of your will.
1. How often do you accomplish your intentions?
I usually always accomplish my intentions at least I try.
2. When you are confronted with a difficult task, do you persist or abandon it?
Persist. I hate math but I always struggle through my homework even it takes me a while.
3. When you want something to occur, do you spend time dreaming about it or constructing strategies to achieve it?
I will most times dream about it because I believe I won’t be able to do it but I can sometimes achieve it if I put my mind to it.
4. How do you explain the differences in your levels of will in different areas of your life? I try my
What are the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that interfere with your academic success? Becoming aware of these behaviors, thoughts, and feelings is the first step in learning to use self-regulated learning strategies.
List five academic behaviors that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: I watch too much television.
1. I am on my phone too much.
2. I am easily distracted.
3. I get lazy and procrastinate.
4. I give up.
5. I watch TV instead of doing homework.
List five academic thoughts that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: Before I take an exam, I always think I m going to fail.
1. I don’t know any of this.
2. I don’t care about any of this.
3. Why can’t I just get this over with?
4. I’d rather be doing something else than taking this test.
5. Why am I the only one still taking the test.
List five emotions (feelings) that interfere with your academic success.
Sample: I have continual fear of not succeeding when I am in a math course.
1. Hate towards school.
2. Feelings of failure
3. Never was good enough.
4. I get anxiety when I don’t understand something.
5. Hopelessness
Do you have conscious control over your own actions and emotions? This exercise will help you to seriously consider some questions as you strive for a deeper understanding of your will.
1. How often do you accomplish your intentions?
I usually always accomplish my intentions at least I try.
2. When you are confronted with a difficult task, do you persist or abandon it?
Persist. I hate math but I always struggle through my homework even it takes me a while.
3. When you want something to occur, do you spend time dreaming about it or constructing strategies to achieve it?
I will most times dream about it because I believe I won’t be able to do it but I can sometimes achieve it if I put my mind to it.
4. How do you explain the differences in your levels of will in different areas of your life? I try my