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Getting Organized & Good Work Habits for Students

This CPE unit guides you through the Getting Organized & Good Work Habits for Students area of the of the All Kinds of Minds® website LearningBase. All Kinds of Minds' mission is to help students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life (through delivery of its professional development program for K-12 educators, Schools Attuned®). Learn more at http://www.allkindsofminds.org/.

This CPE unit is worth two hours credit toward certificate renewal requirements of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. As an educator taking this CPE unit, you are held to the honor system, and you will certify once the unit is completed that you have read all the source material presented in order to achieve the maximum benefit of the training.

Click on the links for each section and read the source material. Fill in the blanks using the exact words cited in the material. There are a total of 48 questions.

Introduction

  1. During the early school years, students must begin to develop good work habits including preparing for schoolwork, organizing and effort, and developing effective study skills.
      
  2. Students who are able to develop and maintain good work habits are in a position to succeed- to learn what needs to be learned and to become students.

Managing Time and Effort

  1. When in school, students are expected to follow and complete assignments within certain time frames.
      
  2. Children must follow guidelines when continuing the process at home by managing their time and effort in order to get homework done and finish projects on time.

Getting Started on Assignments

  1. Students who are able to preview, or think about the of a task before beginning, are helped in many ways.
      
  2. Encourage students to include as a regular part of their study or homework routine.
      
  3. Have students practice solving problems in which estimation, prediction and outcome are necessary steps.
      
  4. Be sure that students feel that their match the demands of the work they have been given.

Taking Appropriate Amount of Time

  1. A competent student is often a student, performing at a rate appropriate to the task and available time.
      
  2. Tempo control (a facet of attention) helps students regulate the allocation of time to the task at hand and the time required for an upcoming task.
      
  3. Stress the real-life benefits of both before doing and reasoning after doing.
      
  4. Encourage students to use , i.e., to break a complex task into smaller, shorter or less complex ‘mini-tasks.’