EDUC Exam 2

What are the 15 marketable skills?

1. Critical Thinking 2. Problem Solving 3. Decision-Making 4. Teamwork (being able to work effectively as a member of a team) 5. Communication- Oral 6. Communication- written 7. Plan/Organize/Prioritize 8. Information Literacy (The ability to access and productively use information) 9. Analyze/Use Quantitative Data 10. Emotional Intelligence 11. Social Skills 12. Creativity and Inquisitiveness 13. Mindset-Growth vs Fixed 14. Apply (what is learned in real-world work settings) 15. Awareness and Use of Technology

What are the 5 elements of effective teams?

1. Shared vision by all member 2. A specific role for each member 3. Help each other shoulder responsibility and hold each other accountable 4. The focus is "Us against the challenge," not "Me against you" 5. All members must possess an all-for-one-one-for-all attitude.

Describe the 10 characteristics of effective team members.

1. Unites, collaborates, cooperates 2. holds others accountable 3. holds self accountable 4. meets or exceeds expectations 5. never brings discredit to the team 6. gives credit to others for their contributions 7. concentrates on their own product 8. puts the team first, the self second 9. Demonstrates high EQ 10. Is enthusiastic, cooperative, dependable

What are the 6 steps to follow when preparing for an exam?

1. determine what needs to be studied 2. Schedule specific blocks of time for studying 3. create a study plan in writing 4. use yellow sheets 5. be the teacher 6. practice positive self-talk

What are the 5 key steps to writing papers included in your textbook?

1. narrow your topic 2. determine your point of view 3. determine your argument 4. use a winning model 5. proofread carefully

What are the six levels of the Bloom's Revised Taxonomy?

1. remember 2. understand 3. apply 4. analyze 5. evaluate 6. create

What are the 7 steps to solving a problem?

1. state what appears to be the problem 2. gather facts, feelings, and opinions 3. restate the problem 4. identify alternative solutions 5. evaluate alternatives 6. implement the solution 7. evaluate the results

What percentage of the paper should the body of a research paper take up? The content and conclusion?

50%

Which level of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy would a student be utilizing if they developed in their mind a story or image of some kind to help them best remember the material?

6. create

According to your textbook, what percentage of employers prefer some form of electronic portfolio?

80%

What is a Covenant?

An agreement that binds people together.

What purpose does the use of an ePortfolio serve?

An ePortfolio cn serve as the number one tool for you to market yourself and convince the university or employer to pick you.

What are the top 3 marketable skills?

Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision Making, Teamwork

What is the difference between a Flawed Covenant and Constructive Covenant?

Flawed Covenants are often built on negativity and insidious behavior. A constructive Covenant binds people together, creates an equal footing, helps people shoulder their own responsibilities, prescribes terms for the help and support of others, holds certain truths to be self-evident, and creates a foundation for teamwork.

What are 3 key advantages to creating and maintaining an ePortfolio while in college?

It's your own personal website that sells you to universities you want to get into, or get a job you want, and it also helps students learn better.

What are some platforms one can use to create an ePortfolio?

Multiple slide PowerPoint, a PDF file, or an actual portfolio template

Describe Kohlberg's 6 stages of Moral Development.

Pre-conventional level- typically ascribed to children because they haven't yet learned and come to scrutinize the many conventions or rules of society, they experience the first two stages of avoiding punishment and seeking reward. Conventional level- stages three and four include conformity and social order. THe individual wants others to think well of them, wants to follow society's rules, and believe others should do the same. Post-conventional level- stages five and six, the social contract and universal principles. here one believes the laws of society should reflect what most people believe is right, and that laws can be broken or modified if they are unjust or violate human rights in some way.

What is the relationship between marketable skills and self-regulation

Self-regulation contains traits and characteristics from several of the individual skills.

What does the term transferrable skills mean?

Skills that can be transferred from one career to another, from one industry to another, and from one job to another within any industry.

What are marketable skills?

The skills essential to doing a good job that when demonstrated consistently make a person an attractive candidate to hire, retain, and promote.

Describe the 4 decision-making modalities.

Thinking Modality- what your brain is telling you based on logical thinking, cause and effect, and the facts. Feeling Modality- what your heart tells you as you consider how you feel about the situation and the decision needing to be made. Sensing Modality- What your five senses tell you based on what you see, taste, touch, hear, or smell. Intuition Modality- What your gut tells you about the situation or decision needing to be made.

What are the T.R.A.A.P. components as discussed in your textbook?

Timeliness, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

Explain the acronym for T.E.A.M.

Together Everyone Achieves More

What is plagiarism and its consequences?

Using the work of someone else and not giving them credit for their work but claiming it as your work. plagiarism is a felony offense in the US and violators of the law can be prosecuted and punished as criminals. Students can get expelled and the offense is put into the student's official transcripts.

According to the textbook, how is decision making defined?

a cognitive process wherein we assess information and then select a course of action from two or more alternatives

According to the textbook, what is morality? What is a moral compass?

a set of rules that determine whether behavior or thoughts are right or wrong, appropriate or inappropriate.

About how long should into a study session does retention and attention begin to fall off?

about 90 minutes

According to your textbook, what is an ePortfolio?

an electronic repository of information that can be used to showcase your talents, samples of your work, resumes, pictures, videos, and other forms of information for the purpose of applying to a college, university, or prospective employer.

In which section of a research paper should you inform the reader of any specific jargon or terminology with which hey may not be familiar?

background

Regarding the workforce of 2020 in the United States, which characteristics do employers consider more important than a job applicant's college major?

capacity to think critically, communicate clearly and solve complex problems

Who are the 3 main audiences for an ePortfolio?

college, university, or prospective employer

A person learning to wind surf by first getting on the board and trying it is in the ______________ ____________ stage of experiential learning.

concrete experience

What are the four stages of experiential learning?

concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, active experimentation

According to the textbook, what are values?

core beliefs that we learn and develop very early in life as a result of our experiences and interactions with the most influential people in our lives.

Which verbs are best associated with the understanding level of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy?

explain it

According to your textbook, how is Information Literacy defined?

knowing how to access and use information

According to your textbook, what is the most effective way to avoid committing plagiarism?

properly cite the work of others.

How might a portfolio worker be described?

someone who moves from one company to another, and often from one geographic area to another, typically working from one to three years for a company before moving on to "greener pastures".

How does your textbook define "sexist writing"?

using gender specific pronouns such as he or she rather than they.

VARK is an acronym representing four different ways of taking in and processing new academic information. What does VARK stand for?

visual aural reading/writing kinesthetic

What is a "study split"?

when you split your time between studying and not studying

What are yellow sheets? How should you use them? What is the purpose of using them?

yellow sheets are the canary yellow legal pads. write difficult and important things on the sheet, then stop and reflect.

What does it mean to be in the conscious competence stage of adult learning?

you are aware of how much you know, you know you are competent