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Question 1
The textbook describes the importance of motivation, attitude, and mindset. ____ is your attitude about yourself and your most basic qualities.
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Grit
Motivation.
Attitude.
Question 2
The textbook discusses the important of resiliency for student success. The textbook offers tips to help build up resiliency. Which of the following is NOT one of the tips for building resiliency?
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Be self-critical.
Avoid seeing crises as problems that can’t be overcome.
Look for opportunities for self-discovery.
Question 3
The textbook discusses the importance of emotional intelligence and lists the emotional skills and competencies. Which of the following is NOT one of the emotional skills and competencies?
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Flexibility.
Pessimism.
Independence.
Question 4
The textbook discusses the importance of considering multiple points of view. Which of the following is part of its recommendations for how to consider point of view?
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Collect and analyze information from different types of sources.
Identify all the key terms and concepts.
Look for the underlying assumptions.
Examine the evidence presented.
Question 5
The Campus page on critical thinking discusses point of view. It provides recommendations on how to include point of view in your thinking. What is one of its recommendations?
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Seek other points of view and identify their strengths and weaknesses.
Believe an expert’s point of view even when it differs from your own.
Rely on one source of information.
Look for information that supports your point of view
Question 6
The textbook describes a process for monitoring your reading. Which of the following is one of the key ways to help monitor your reading?
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Review the table of contents.
Read the glossary.
Look up words that are not clear.
Take notes.
Question 7
The textbook offers tips for developing your vocabulary. Which of the following is NOT one of those tips?
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Use a thesaurus.
Think about the context of unfamiliar words.
Use new words in your writing and speaking.
Notice and write down unfamiliar terms.
Question 8
The textbook discusses tips for using the library. If you’ve been looking for information in the library for 10 minutes and haven’t found anything, ask the librarian. What can a librarian help with?
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Showing you new search strategies.
Write your assignment for you.
Do the research for you.
Print off the article you’re looking for.
Question 9
In the training material in Academic Writer on APA-style citations, you learned the basics of citations. In our writing, we use citations to show what information we got from what source. You’ve likely noticed citations in the articles you’ve been reading in the What You Need to Know activity. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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APA style uses author and date in the citations.
Citations enable readers to locate the source in your reference list.
APA-style citations use the author’s surname and publication year.
APA-style citations use author’s last name and page number.
Question 10
In the training material in Academic Writer on APA-style citations, you learned the basics of citations. There are two ways to format citations: parenthetical citation or narrative citation. For parenthetical citations, which of the following is true?
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It is also acceptable to write the date in the narrative, without parentheses, when it makes sense to do so.
If the citation comes at the end of a sentence, put the period or other ending punctuation after the closing parenthesis.
If multiple sources appear within the narrative of a sentence, they can be listed in any order.
For a narrative citation, mention the author in the narrative of your paper, followed by the date in parentheses.
Question 11
This week we learned about APA-style citations. Is the citation in the following sentence correct?
Community college students are typically of lower socioeconomic status than students at 4-year institutions. (Horn & Nevill, 2006)
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Yes.
No.
Question 12
This week we learned about APA-style citations. Is the citation in the following sentence correct?
Given the gap in college knowledge, motivation for attending college is a large predictor of persistence, according to Barbatis (2010) and Habley et al. (2012).
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Yes.
No.
Question 13
APA-style citations should be used for any information that comes from a source. Read the following part of a paragraph:
Our study demonstrates that libraries can assess impact with readily available data sets. Even small institutions with limited resources can progress toward demonstrating a statistically significant relationship between library use and student success. By focusing on the largest available data set and collaborating with data experts on campus, we began a data analysis project that is both sustainable and meaningful. In 2010, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) commissioned a report on the state of assessment in academic libraries.
–Modified from LeMaistre, T., Shi, Q., & Thanki, S. (2018). Connecting library use to student success.
Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 18(1), 117–140.
Which of the following sentences should have a citation?
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Our study demonstrates that libraries can assess impact with readily available data sets.
In 2010, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) commissioned a report on the state of assessment in academic libraries.
Even small institutions with limited resources can progress toward demonstrating a statistically significant relationship between library use and student success.
By focusing on the largest available data set and collaborating with data experts on campus, we began a data analysis project that is both sustainable and meaningful.
Question 14
APA-style citations should be used for any information that comes from a source. Read the following part of a paragraph:
Academic mindsets are psychological and social attitudes or beliefs that an individual holds toward academic work. Previous research in academic mindsets is distributed extensively in areas such as achievement goal (Dweck, 1986), social learning theory (Bandura, 1986), attribution theory (Weiner, 1979), expectancy-value theory (Eccles et al., 1983), locus of control (Rotter, 1954), and sense of community (Sarason, 1974). Most studies about academic mindsets have focused on the relationships between students’ observed performance and their measurements of psychological factors. Students with a positive academic mindset are likely to persist at their schoolwork, which may lead to better performance. Among the possible different constructs of academic mindsets, in this study we focused in depth on perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and sense of belonging.
–Excerpt from Cheon-woo, H., Farruggia, S. P., & Moss, T. P. (2017). Effects of academic mindsets on college students’ achievement and retention.
Journal of College Student Development, 58(8), 1119–1134.
Which of the following sentences should have a citation?
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Previous research in academic mindsets is distributed extensively in areas such as achievement goal, social learning theory, attribution theory, expectancy-value theory, locus of control, and sense of community.
In using this simultaneous examination, we recognized that students may not be consistent in their reported levels across the indicators, meaning that they may not be uniformly high or uniformly low.
Among the possible different constructs of academic mindsets, in this study, we focused in depth on perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and sense of belonging.
With this study, we aimed to examine variations among differing levels of mindset indicators to determine if there were different “profiles” of academic mindset.
Question 15
APA-style citations should be used for any information that comes from a source. Read the following part of a paragraph:
The third and most important research question concerns the absolute and relative effects of self-efficacy and stress on these academic outcomes. We hypothesize that both academic self-efficacy and stress will have an effect on all outcomes, with higher levels of self-efficacy and lower stress being associated with better grades, more accumulated credits, and greater persistence. Self-efficacy thus affects the perception of external demands and mediates the relation between external stressors and psychological stress.
–Modified from Zajacova, A., Lynch, S. M., & Espenshade, T. J. (2005). Self-efficacy, stress, and academic success in college.
Research in Higher Education, 46(6), 677–706.
Which of the following sentences should have a citation?
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Our analysis is guided by the following research questions.
The third and most important research question concerns the absolute and relative effects of self-efficacy and stress on these academic outcomes.
Self-efficacy thus affects the perception of external demands and mediates the relation between external stressors and psychological stress.
We hypothesize that both academic self-efficacy and stress will have an effect on all outcomes, with higher levels of self-efficacy and lower stress being associated with better grades, more accumulated credits, and greater persistence.
Question 16
Your assignment requires that you use three scholarly sources. What would you do to find them?
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Choose your topic, go into the Capella library, search for your topic, ask the librarian for help if after 10 minutes you can’t find anything, modify your search strategies based on the librarian’s help, and continue refining until you find three sources.
Choose your topic, search for your topic on the Internet, modify your search strategies based on the librarian’s help, and continue refining until you find three sources.
Choose your topic, go into the Capella library, search for your topic, modify your search strategies based on the librarian’s help, and continue refining until you find three sources.
Choose your topic, go into the Capella library, and search for your topic.
Question 17
Your assignment requires four scholarly articles, three periodicals, and one book. Which of the following accurately describes what you are looking for?
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Four peer-reviewed articles written on research studies, three magazine articles, and your textbook.
Four magazine articles, three peer-reviewed articles written on research studies, and your textbook.
Four trade journal articles, three peer-reviewed articles written on research studies, and your textbook.
Four magazine articles, three peer-reviewed articles written on research studies, and your textbook.
Question 18
Read the following paragraph:
Community colleges are a vital component of the U.S. postsecondary education system serving 45% of all U.S. undergraduates in fall 2012 (American Association of Community Colleges, 2014). These 13 million students attend 1,132 institutions representing diverse population groups and communities–and the population of community college students is growing (American Association of Community Colleges, 2014). Educating this large diverse demographic is fundamental to creating an active and engaged citizenry (Colby et al., 2003), providing workers with the tools necessary in the new global economy, and maintaining a strong middle class (The 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, 2012). America needs a large percentage of its general population to possess solid skills taught in high performing community colleges to remain globally competitive.
–Excerpt from Martin, K., Galentino, R., & Townsend, L. (2014). Community college student success: The role of motivation and self-empowerment.
Community College Review, 42(3), 221–241.
Which sentence best reflects the point of view of this author?
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Community colleges are important.
The economy needs workers.
Diverse communities are important.
13 million is a big number.
Question 19
Read the following paragraph:
Researchers increasingly have been turning their attention to noncognitive factors–a range of personality and motivational habits and attitudes that facilitate functioning well in school–to explain differences in academic performance (e.g., Robbins et al., 2004). Some have suggested that noncognitive factors might be as important as, or even more important than, cognitive skills in determining academic outcomes (Heckman et al., 2006). Among noncognitive factors, students’ academic mindsets play a principal role in predicting success in college. In an effort to bring together the wide-ranging research and theory on noncognitive factors, Farrington and colleagues (2012) developed a model with which they hypothesized how these factors are associated. Specifically, they hypothesized that academic mindsets are positively associated with learning persistence, better academic behavior, and improved performance in school. Farruggia et al. (in press) tested a modified version of this model and found that students’ noncognitive factors, such as grit and academic mindsets in particular (i.e., academic self-efficacy, motivation, and sense of belonging), predict academic success in college. Consequently, we narrowed the scope of that research and examined how students’ academic mindsets are associated with their college performance and first-to-second-year retention.
–Excerpt from Cheon-woo, H., Farruggia, S. P., & Moss, T. P. (2017). Effects of academic mindsets on college students’ achievement and retention.
Journal of College Student Development, 58(8), 1119–1134.
Which sentence reflects the point of view of this author?
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Academic difficulties are not the only reasons college students drop out.
High school performance determines college performance.
High dropout rates are a problem for colleges.
Non-cognitive factors play an important role in whether college students drop out.
Question 20
Read the following paragraph:
Self-efficacy is defined as a self-evaluation of one’s competence to successfully execute a course of action necessary to reach desired outcomes (Bandura, 1977, 1982, 1986). It is a multidimensional construct that varies according to the domain of demands (Zimmerman, 2000), and therefore it must be evaluated at a level that is specific to the outcome domain (Bandura, 1986; Pajares, 1996). Thus, in academic settings, one should measure academic self-efficacy rather than generalized self-efficacy, where academic self-efficacy refers to students’ confidence in their ability to carry out such academic tasks as preparing for exams and writing term papers.
Excerpt from Zajacova, A., Lynch, S. M., & Espenshade, T. J. (2005). Self-efficacy, stress, and academic success in college.
Research in Higher Education, 46(6), 677–706.
Which sentence reflects the point of view of this author?
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Academic self-efficacy and stress are important to college student success.
Studying student success is important.
General self-efficacy is important to know.
Academic self-efficacy is more important than general self-efficacy when looking at college success.
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