PDP: Log 4 Assessing My Current Skills (WORKED EXAMPLE)
Rate each of your skills 1 through 4 (1 for no experience through 4 for fully competent).
Below are some worked examples of how you might go about this skills assessment. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS. I can …
Use online search tools well (e.g. intute.ac.uk and advanced searches in Google). Access information from closed (e.g. virtual learning environment) and open web sources including library catalogues. I can save Web addresses and downloaded files. Store files securely, print, copy and upload them (e.g. as an assignment or an attachment to a message in an online text discussion). TEAM WORKING SKILLS. I can …
Work with other team members to identify, distribute and undertake the tasks necessary to complete a project Identify and work with the strengths and weaknesses of individual team members Communicate effectively with other team members to ensure the effective operation of the team PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. I can …
Rating
4
4
4
Rating
4
Have to do all of these things on a daily
basis so feel quite capable.
Again, I regularly have to deal with files in
this way, whether in an academic or social
context, so I am competent.
Evidence
Good at allocating tasks in the history
presentation last semester between the
four to ensure we were ready on time
3
Suggested people did the tasks that they
felt most confident in or found most
interesting, without being pushy.
3
In example above, and also in the
debating society, I am quite good at
encouraging co-operation between
members who disagree.
Rating
Analyse a problem in order to identify its essential elements 1
Apply my existing knowledge of a subject to a problem Evidence
Frequently use Google scholar to locate
relevant books and articles. Use the ejournal services to find journal articles.
4
Generate and evaluate a range of strategies to address a problem 1
Evidence
My essay feedback often states that I’m
very weak in dissecting questions. Not
good at breaking down personal problems
either.
In debates with family and friends, I often
apply my politics knowledge to
contemporary issues.
Very weak at this as find it hard to think
my way clearly out a problem, so need to
learn to break problems down in order to
generate some solutions.
Date: 3/10/06
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