What major obstacles—personal, professional, or academic— will you need to overcome in order to be successful in school? Describe how you will use at least two specific time management strategies to help maximize the use of your time during this class and to reach your educational goals.
GEN 200 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
Choose one short-term goal related to earning your degree and suggest a five-step plan to accomplish that goal. Explain the relationship between short-term goals and long-term goals. What should you consider as you evaluate your goals?
GEN 200 Week 1 Individual Assignment: Educational Goal-Mapping Worksheet …show more content…
Resources: Assess Your Readiness for Academic Success Worksheet and Map Out an Important Goal Worksheet, located on your Week One student Web site
-Complete the Assess Your Readiness for Academic Success Worksheet in preparation for this assignment.
-Develop both a short-term and a long-term educational goal for yourself based on your results from the Assess Your Readiness for Academic Success Worksheet.
-Complete the Map Out an Important Goal Worksheet once you have developed your goals.
-Submit your completed worksheets to the Assignments Section for grading.
GEN 200 Week 2 Individual Assignment Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper
Resources: Multiple Pathways to Learning Assessment and Personality Spectrum Assessment, located on your Week Two student Web site
-Complete the assessments, Multiple Pathways to Learning and Personality Spectrum in preparation for this assignment.
-Write a paper of at least 500 words, based on your findings from the assessments, in which you develop strategies for communicating and collaborating effectively within a group of individuals with different learning styles and personality types.
-Include the following in your paper: An Introductory paragraph and conclusion paragraph. Identify at least three different learning styles and develop a strategy for effective communication and collaboration among your selected learning styles. Identify at least three different personality types and develop a strategy for effective communication and collaboration among your selected personality types.
-Prior to submitting your paper to your instructor, submit your paper to WritePoint and Plagiarism Checker in the Center for Writing Excellence and incorporate the feedback given as appropriate.
-Use APA formatting as outlined in the APA Manual, the APA Made Easy document, and the APA Format Checklist posted in the Course Materials forum.
-Submit your assignment as a Word attachment.
GEN 200 Week 3 Individual Assignment Student Web Scavenger Hunt
-Complete the Student Web Scavenger Hunt located on Week 3 course Web page.
-Post your completed assignment as a Word document attachment.
GEN 200 Week 4 Individual Assignment Research Strategy Paper
-Identify a problem in your day-to-day life you would like to solve (e.g., time management, budgeting, eating healthy, or exercising).
-Using the information from your Week Three readings as a guide, prepare a 700 to 1,050-word paper in which you develop a research strategy to find a solution for your selected problem.
-Include the following items in your paper: An Introductory paragraph.
Briefly describe your selected problem. Identify what kinds of information should be gathered to help you in solving this problem and where this information can be obtained. Describe the process that you will use to evaluate the information that you gather. How did you determine the information was valid? Why do you consider the information valid? Explain how you will use the information that you find to resolve the problem. What things will you take into consideration as you consider possible solutions to your problem? A concluding paragraph and at least one academic …show more content…
reference.
-Use APA formatting as outlined in the APA Manual, the APA Made Easy document, and the APA Format Checklist posted in the Course Materials forum.
-Prior to submitting your paper to your instructor, submit your paper to WritePoint and Plagiarism Checker in the Center for Writing Excellence and incorporate the feedback given as appropriate.
-Submit your assignment as a Word attachment.
GEN 200 Week 5 Individual Assignment Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper
-Submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word attachment.
-Prepare a 350 to 700-word paper in which you explain how developing professional knowledge and abilities impact career success.
-Address the following items in your explanation: Identify a professional organization or association in a field that interests you (e.g., Association of American Educators or American Psychological Association. Briefly describe your selected organization or association. Explain how your selected organization or association can contribute towards increasing professional knowledge and abilities. Discuss how this knowledge and these abilities can impact your career success.
-Use APA formatting as outlined in the APA manual, the APA 5th Edition Made Easy document, and the APA Format Checklist posted in the Course Materials forum.
-Prior to submitting your paper to your instructor, submit your paper to WritePoint in the Center for Writing Excellence.
GEN 200 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Professional Values and Ethics Paper
Write a to 700-1050-word paper discussing the relationship among professional values, professional ethics, professional organizations, and career
success.
-Include the following items in your paper: Define professional values and professional ethics. Discuss differences and similarities between professional values and professional ethics. Identify at least three sources of professional values and professional ethics. Describe how professional values and ethics may affect success. Provide at least two examples.
-Select two or more sources to use as references in your paper. Remember to: Cite your sources correctly in your paper. Include no more than one source from the Internet. Include one or more source from academic or professional journals such as those found in the University Library.
-Format references according to APA standards as outlined in the APA Manual, the APA 5th Edition Made Easy document, and the APA Format Checklist posted in the Course Materials forum.
-Submit your paper to WritePoint for feedback. Apply feedback as appropriate.
-Submit your assignment as a Word attachment.