Based on your practice exam question results, identify strengths and areas of opportunity and create a tailored study plan to use throughout this course to help you prepare for the national certification exam. This will serve as an action plan to help you track your goals, tasks, and progress.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare:

· Reflect on your practice exam results. Identify content-area strengths and opportunities for improvement.

· Also reflect on your overall test-taking. Was the length of time allotted comfortable or did you run out of time? Did a particular question format prove difficult?

The Assignment:

· Summarize your practice exam results, including your strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Note: Your grade for this Assignment will not be derived from your test results but from your self-reflection and study plan.

· Create a study plan, including 3–4 specific goals and the tasks you need to complete to accomplish each goal.

· Each goal must be developed using SMART goal format (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Based). See weekly resources to help with developing these goals.

· Include a timetable on a calendar template for accomplishing the goals and tasks and add a description of how you will measure your progress.

· Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review course, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.