Problem Solving Strategies

Ever since I can remember, I have always had a problem fully accomplishing my work all at once. If I sat down to begin my work, my procrastination would eventually kick in and I would find myself on the computer or watching TV. This issue still occurs on a regular basis. In order to fix this problem, I used the one-step problem solving strategy. This was very helpful in breaking up my issue into parts and eventually solving it.

For my faculty interview project, Professor Kwok stressed the importance of reading the chapters prior to attending class. He told me to do this because I can attend the class with the pre-knowledge of what will be discussed in lecture, and be prepared for what is to come. Professor Kwok also said this is helpful because after the lecture, I will be able to remember which topics are important that he emphasized. However, whenever I start my readings, I initially become bored and find something else to do. That is when the one-step strategy came into play and helped me a lot. My first picture is how I split up my time and eventually completed the readings fully, rather than doing it half-fast and skimming through it.

CLS is a course that has many papers and assignments do, and it is very difficult to keep track what is due when. In addition, I try to split up the time to complete each assignment. For example, my blog is due at the end of the weekend, and a journal must be submitted the next day. This is a lot of writing and paperwork to complete, and I always have the issue of not saving my work for the last minute. I used this problem solving strategy to make it easier on myself and split the blogs and journals up on the weeks when they are both due. Luckily, I am submitting this blog on time and will write my journal tomorrow.

In addition, ranking priorities is a way to begin. For example, this week I had many things to do and I didn't know where to start. The chart helped me to rank each assignment from most important to least important, and the order of when they were due.

It is very important to hand in all of my work on time in college. Although many people, myself included, become irritated with an enormous amount of work, I now have this problem solving strategy to help me split up my time accordingly and get everything done.