Penelope has worked her way through the first unit of the statistics course by skipping the text and jumping straight to the activities, which she enjoys. When she doesn’t get an answer right on one of the activities, for the multiple-choice questions she tries the other answers until she discovers the correct one and for the short answer questions she does not check the feedback response nor modify her answer. Unfortunately, she does not pass the first exam. “Oh well,” she sighs. “Back to the drawing board.” Once again, she opens the next module, skips the text, and goes straight to the activities. Penelope's principle mistake was failing to:
properly assess the task.
accurately evaluate her own strengths and weaknesses.
plan an effective strategy for working through the course.
adjust her approach.