Personal language improvement commitment plan

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Learner: ________________________
Learning Focus: ______________________________

Organize a study plan, follow these questions:

What are you going to How are you going to Target date for
learn? (Objectives) learn it? (Resources and completion
Strategies)

Itemize what you want to be What do you have to do in When do you plan
able to do or know when order meet each of the to complete each
completed. objectives defined? task?

How are you going to How are you going to Advising faculty
know that you learned prove that you learned member feedback
it? (Evidence) it? (Verification) (Evaluation)

What is the specific task Who will receive the How well was the task
that you are to complete to product of your learning completed? Provide an
demonstrate learning? and how will they evaluate assessment decision.
it?
EXAMPLE:

What are you going How are you going to learn it? Target
to learn? (Resources and Strategies) date for
(Objectives) completio
n

To evaluate my 1. Complete the self evaluation September

readiness to learn and
my learning needs for
the unit Adult education
theory.
diagnostic guide. 12
2. Use the planning your unit decision
guide to set up a tentative unit
agenda.
3. Review several self directed
learning resources for advice and
tips to prepare me for the
independent studies unit.

To gain a better Locate and read as many of the reference October 17

understanding of the articles from unit 1 as available (with a
differences between minimum of 10 separate references).
andragogical and Emphasis will be on the information
pedagogical concepts. regarding the differences between youth
and adult educational concepts.

To increase my Read available references for Unit 2 and November

understanding of other TRACE tips sheets and articles on 21
methods or formats for methods or formats for learning.
planning learning
experiences.

To create (film and edit) Videotapes would allow distance education December 5
videotapes of the self- students access to the resources available
directed learning for on campus self-directed learning
student orientation class students. The tapes would allow me hands
to be used for distance on experience in developing an adult
education students. education tool.
How are you How are you going to prove Advising faculty member
going to that you learned it? feedback (Evaluation)
know that (Verification)
you learned
it?
(Evidence)

Creation of a The competencies and the learning
satisfactory contract will be presented to the
learning advising faculty member. The
contract. contract will be rated with regards
to depth and practicality of the
selected goals and activities.
Comments for modification of the
contract will be requested and the
contract revised until all agree on
its validity.
Advising faculty member: The
learning contract is valid. The
student has set challenging,
yet attainable goals and has
clearly defined what will be
learned, when it will be
learned, what activities are
involved, and how it will be
assessed. Objective complete.
Very good.

A 10-15 page The paper will be critiqued for Specific feedback appears on
research paper comprehensiveness and usefulness the research paper. Marker
on the by the advising faculty member. An decides that it was well done,
differences annotated bibliography of the with some more elaboration
between youth reference material will be needed in the area of
and adult submitted with the paper. andragogical concepts.
education will Objective complete.
be written. Satisfactory.
Make a list of The list will be submitted to the Specific feedback appears on
methods or advising faculty member. An the list. Marker decides that it
formats for annotated bibliography of was extremely well done and
organizing reference material will be presented some new and
learning submitted with the list. Each will creative methods. Objective
experiences be evaluated for thoroughness and complete. Outstanding.
with a brief creativity.
description of
each item. Try
to include at
least 2 novel
methods.

Videotape the The videotape and workbook will The videotape was completed
three one hour be evaluated by the distance on time. All evaluators agreed
sessions of the education office consultant and the that the tape is of poor
night student advising faculty member for quality. Until editing is
orientation effectiveness, practicality, complete, tape will not be
class. Develop applicability, and depth. Particular useful. The workbook was not
a student attention will be paid to evidence handed in for evaluation.
workbook to of applying knowledge gained Objective incomplete
accompany the about andragogical concepts. Unsatisfactory.
videotapes.