The baby is crying. Your older daughter is complaining that her stomach hurts. Dirty dishes from breakfast are piled up in the sink. Your phone rings and its your spouse who has to work late unexpectedly. And amidst the chaos, you remember that you have a paper due tomorrow.

Take a deep breath

As an adult student, you have likely already developed coping skills to help you get through even the toughest of circumstances. The theories of self-regulated learning help you to apply these strategies to an academic learning environment, whether its scheduling to block out chunks of time, minimizing distractions, relying on support networks, using practice tests and note taking strategies, or something else. Your ability to self-regulate is not fixed you can hone the underlying principles of metacognition and motivation, use resources to improve, leverage your areas of strength, and develop learning strategies to help you succeed.
Discussion Instructions

Make sure you have completed page 2.10 of the webtext before beginning this discussion. This section will walk you through the steps of the DAACS activities listed below.

Initial post: At the start of the week, by Thursday evening of Module 2, complete the following steps for this discussion

    Take the DAACS Self-Regulated Learning Assessment (Links to an external site.). (If you have already completed it before taking this course, thats ok! You can either choose to retake it to see how youve changed or used your prior results for this activity).

    Review your Results in the areas of Motivation, Metacognition, and Strategies. 

    Then, complete the DAACS Writing Assessment (Links to an external site.), in which you will write 350 words reflecting on your Self-Regulated Learning results.
    Once you have finished your essay and submitted it through the DAACS site, copy/paste the full text of your Writing Assessment essay into this discussion board as your initial post. (If you completed the Writing Assessment in a previous session, go to the feedback area and click on Summary in the Content section this will display the whole text of your essay which you can copy/paste into the discussion board.) 

You will not be able to see posts written by your classmates until you create your initial post.

Replies: Then, for the remainder of the week, by Sunday evening, go back into your DAACS dashboard (Links to an external site.) and review your Writing Assessment results (in the areas of content, organization, paragraphs, sentences, and conventions). In your replies, engage with your peers about both the self-regulated learning and writing feedback and how each can help you maximize your strengths going forward. Consider the Writing Refresher section of this course in particular, how can you these resources to improve your writing? Please be sure to reply to at least two of your peers’ posts. 
Evaluation

    This discussion will be graded according to the Cornerstone Discussion Board Rubric. Review the rubric and Discussion Board Expectations in advance to know how you will be assessed.
    All discussion boards combined are worth 20% of your course grade.

References
Discussion Board Expectations     Outcomes     Rubric

Required Texts include Theme III & IV readings: Lewis, Yosso, Moll et al., Nieto & Lpez, Gaining Ground documentary, Manzo & Deeb-Sossa, & Love & Muhammad.

Use the following layout to write a 3-4 page paper response on the grouped readings. Use paragraphing and subtitles as needed. APA format including a title page, but no abstract is required. For this paper, focus on the first portion of “central claims.” I have adjusted this paper slightly to reduce your workload a little since you will also be working on the Policy Project. Additionally, no peer reviews are due for this paper.

What are the authors central claims (these should be stated in a sentence or two for each assigned text)?
After you state each authors claim, provide evidence that supports this as the central claim (share 1-2 strong and relevant pieces of evidence, such as examples, quotes, explanations from the author).
Please use bold to highlight central claim and evidence as I used in the example so that I can easily follow your reasoning. (~2 pages)
Example: The central claim of Coontz in chapter one is that families are complex and diverse, and that we should avoid trying to oversimplify the concept; there is no one, prototypical family type. One piece of evidence that supports this is his demonstration of how conceptions and ideals about what families are or should be have changed over history. From the colonial family to the . (continued explanation and other evidence)
What is your personal reaction to these texts?
Possible Questions to Address (choose 1-2):
Do you relate to the central claims, a theme, or an example that came up in one or more of the texts in some way? How?
Was one or more of the texts disconcerting or uncomfortable? Why?
Was the information something you have learned about before? How does revisiting this topic help you grow further in your intellectual journey? OR Was the information new to you? And if so, why do you think you have not encountered this topic or perspective before?
What questions came up for you while reading? What are you still thinking about and trying to process or digest? What was unclear or complex for you?
Is there something you would add to the text or disagree with somewhat? What is it and why?
Draw on your journal notes and our discussions, to include what you feel comfortable sharing with your peers and I. (~.75-1 page)

What can this text(s) mean for you as a professional (apply to the profession you currently plan to enter) and as an engaged citizen? (~.5 page)