What are your educational goals for 2014?

[Getiton1]

4.0 is awesome! Unless you are an AP or an honors course student you can't really beat that GPA! WELL DONE I think you will be perfect for this course since (as you mentioned) you have all the experience from distance learning already under your belt. We often have to "teach ourselves" and doing that takes, patience, perseverance, and sometimes just pure luck of being in the right place at the right time. I found this website just doing a search one day. I hear you about the math though, it's something I struggle with too! I actually did okay with ALEK's. It's tedious, but it really does slow down all the steps and show you what to do. If I get stuck I used Khan Academy first or Education Portal to study those weak areas. I am sure once you find your method of choice you will master what you need to in time for your "Master's" thesis! LOL! You are SOOO close, I bet you can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

8 weeks and I can't wait to read your "I did it" post!

I can't wait until you do, because it's proof positive that distance learning works, if YOU work at distance learning.

Well done, I KNOW you can make it!
Tara

Tara -
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm down to 8 weeks left in my M.Ed. So far, I'm holding a 4.0 in the 8 classes I've completed, but it's been relatively 'easy' for me. The content that the first half of the degree has covered is information that I've had to learn and adapt to in my two years of adjuncting college courses prior to starting the actual degree. I probably wouldn't have lasted this long if I hadn't been able to adapt. The second half has been a specialization in eLearning/Technology which has come somewhat natural in my own experiences as a student in DL learning, so I've been able to put the 'pieces' together pretty well where that's concerned. I've got three more weeks in my Assessments course before I start my final course which is my research project - I didn't enjoy the thought of doing a Master's thesis in 5 weeks :p. I've got the bulk of my research done so it'll mainly be putting everything together in the format they want during the final class.

My biggest concern on the GRE is the math portion, I'm relatively comfortable with my verbal skills and writing at this point. I've re-upped my ALEKS account for giggles to help me work through the math stuff (for which I already got a bunch of credits from them used towards my BS in Psych) as well as a few of the GRE Math workbooks. It should be an interesting endeavor since I'm teaching two Intro to Psychology classes in January while studying for the GRE (and working on my own grad work). Luckily, the classes I'm teaching are blended, so I'm only in the classroom two days a week instead of three.

-TMW