and performing task is self-instruction (Woolfolk, p. 235) Finding a study partner was going to be a little harder, but I knew I would be able to find one. I just needed to find someone who was smart, devoted, and that personally could relate to and feel comfortable around. "Today I met a student on the bus ride over that is in my organic class. It's about time I found someone that would like a study partner. I have been keeping my eyes open for someone who would be compatible. I am pretty happy that I might of found a study partner. I am going to need one to get me motivated to learn. So far I have been pretty lazy about studding. Maybe I can ask her about the stuff that I missed when I fell asleep last time."(Self-Study journal, Day-8)My study partner and I get along very well, sometime I think too well because when we study it was hard not get off subject and find ourselves not doing chemistry anymore. But I really enjoy having someone bearing the class with me. My study partner and I use self-reinforcement when we study. Self-reinforcement provide myself with positive consequences, contingent on accomplishing a particular behavior (Woolfolk, p. 233). If we study well for a few hours and do well on the self-tests, we will allow ourselves to do something fun for a while, such as making something to eat or playing with her dog.The chemistry instructor uses expository teaching, where the she presents material in complete, organized from, moving from the broadest to more specific concepts(Woolfolk, p. 341). My class begins with the instructor putting up an overhead and that has the list of topics that we are to cover that day. One the board she writes what we covered in the previous lecture. The instructor then will introduce a topic with a definition and then provide tome background information. The instructor will give specific examples and problems to do to solve. This is a fast way of giving information, but can lead to...
