Prepare: Reflect on what you have learned about yourself as a result of this class and how you will use this knowledge to develop into an intentional learner. Reflect on your thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how making appropriate connections will help you plan for your future success.

• Paragraph 1:

  • Explain how having an awareness of your Learning Patterns, skills, and experiences can help you be successful in your degree program and beyond.

• Paragraph 2:

  • Prioritize the four soft skills discussed in Section 5.3 and the Week 5 Instructor Guidance in the order you think will be most critical to your future success.
  • Explain why you prioritized these skills in this order and how they can help you become a more intentional learner.

• Paragraph 3:

  • Describe where you most often fall in the six developmental stages of critical thinking referred in the The Stages of Development in Critical Thinking (Links to an external site.) article
  • Choose one behavior based on the self-assessment in Section 4.2 of the textbook and explain how it can help you develop your critical thinking skills.
  • Describe how critical thinking can help you act ethically and contributes to academic integrity.

• Paragraph 4:

  • Describe how you approached the metacognitive forums that you engaged in throughout the course.
    • How did your approach change from week to week? How was value added to your learning process by participating in the metacognitive forums?
  • Explain how continuing to complete these reflective sentence starters can enrich your learning.

• Paragraph 5:

  • Reflect on the past five weeks.
    • Describe your expectations for the course when you began and if they were met.
    • Explain why they were or were not met.
  • Answer the following questions:
    • What did you enjoy most about the course?
    • If you could change one thing, what would it be?
  • Provide a piece of advice you might give someone starting this course to help them maximize their learning experience.
    • Be sure to consider the course content, online learning platform, and interactions with your peers and instructor.

Format: This assignment must be double-spaced, written in Times New Roman 12-point font, and submitted to Waypoint as a Microsoft Word document.