Course Contract Review

I've been doing well at keeping up with the assignments and readings for the class and doing what I need to do but I haven't really been applying the information to my self or finding out how it can help me to be a better teacher very much. I've been procrastinating until the day before to do the assignments. Even though I get them done on time procrastinating is not a good habit to have. I need to do better at keeping my goals in mind when I'm doing the assignments so that I can make better progress towards them. For example, when I'm reading I could be asking myself "how does this apply specifically to me right now and how could knowing this be helpful to my students when I'm a teacher? I need to work on doing assignments when they're assigned and not waiting until the day before they are due. That way, if the assignment takes longer than expected, it won't be a big deal because I'll still have the rest of the week to complete it. I could be more motivated and focus more on mastery goals. I think so far I've been focused mostly on performance goals, getting everything done, doing well on the first test, etc. I haven't really been thinking about the assignments as a way to improve my understanding and learn it permanently. On the other hand, some of the information has caught my attention and made me want to remember it because it seemed really interesting to me.