I'm just about to start my final practicum in nursing, and I was scribbling some things I need in order to learn. So I'm curious, what's on your list?

This is mine...

1)Feedback
This is very crucial in my learning. I need some kind of interaction with my teachers, otherwise I find I tend to get a bit lost. I need to know if I'm on the right path...could I be doing better... etc.

2) Clarification
One of the things that I think those of us with ADD need to understand is that our signals may tend to get crossed easier than for others. I may think I understand something, but find out with great disaster after that in fact, I didn't. :eyebrow: :( So I think clarification is essential!! Can't live without it!

3)Timeline
I don't know about you, but I need a timeline or some kind of idea about when people expect things back from me. Otherwise, it goes into that black hole of procrastination!

Also.. I can't stand vagueness and ambiguity. :mad: Drives me insane! Which leads me to my next point....

4) Specify!
I need people to be pretty conscise and definite with me. I find it hard to do things if I don't have a clear idea of what's expected. For example, in my practicum I'm probably going to have to do bed baths for 4 different patients. I need to know that this task needs to be done by X time, otherwise I will find stuff to fill it!

So have you given any thought to what your learning needs are, as someone with ADD?

Mich,

What do you a learning package? Can you explain

Okay if I use your format for mine this is what it would look like.



Feedback from the teacher

This is very crucial in my learning. I need to know if I am on the right track. Am I understanding what the teacher wants. I make an apt with the instructor to talk things out and discuss the information.


Clarification / Feedback from others
I tend to need to get information from others to what they think, the assignment is about, then I try to attack the assignment myself, most of the time I attack it before but alot of the time I need to be right so I ask before hand.



Timeline/ Due date

In college a person has dead lines for assignments. I do need to work on this in my personal life too . Time management is important in every day life. EX. teacher have a dead line to get the grades in for students this sememster. I think we need to think of homework the same way.


I like details in life... for most things
like homework, tell me what _____________ means ... I need it