SDV 101- Final Exam NOVA Questions
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The ____ year of college is the most critical. ✔✔1st
Common traits that all successful college students share ✔✔Positive Attitude,
Effective Critical Thin
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SDV 101- Final Exam NOVA Questions
and Answers Already Passed
The ____ year of college is the most critical. ✔✔1st
Common traits that all successful college students share ✔✔Positive Attitude,
Effective Critical Thinking,
Good Time Management,
Interact with Instructor and other Students,
Good Habits for personal health,
Good Habits for financial stability
Learning Process ✔✔Preparing, Absorbing, Capturing, & Reviewing
Key Actions to Ensure Success ✔✔Work with your Academic Advisor
Take Advantage of the Resources Available
Most Important Academic Policy ✔✔Academic Honesty
Academic Integrity ✔✔A quality or value of being honest and responsible in the educational
world.
VARK stands for ✔✔Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences ✔✔Verbal,
Logical,
Visual,
Kinesthetic,
Rhythmic,
Interpersonal,
Intrapersonal,
Naturalist
Tradition Student ✔✔A college student, typically 17-19 years old, attending college directly or
soon after completing High School.
Best Method for pick out Goals ✔✔Be Realistic,
Be Specific,
Have a Time Frame,
Be Something You Want.
1 Main Reason Students Succeed or Fail ✔✔Attitude
Best Factors for Time Management ✔✔Determine How Much Time you Need,
Determine How Much Time you Have,
Be Aware of the times/days you are most active,
Use Effective long/short-term study strategies,
Schedule study activities in realistic segments,
Use a system to plan ahead & set priorities
Stay motivated-Avoid procrastinations
For every 1 hour in class, you should study for ____ hours. ✔✔2
Bloom's Taxonomy ✔✔knowledge,
comprehension,
application,
analysis,
synthesis,
evaluation
critical thinking ✔✔The ability to discover the value of an idea, a set of beliefs, a claim, or an
argument.
4 Basic Ideas of critical thinking ✔✔Foundation for Effective Communication
Principal Skill used in Effective Decision Making
The Core of Creating New Knowledge
A way to uncover Bias & Predjudice
Fallacies ✔✔Defects in logic that weaken arguments
Questions to ask yourself for the support of an argument or position ✔✔Is it enough support?
Is it right support?
Is it credible?
fallacy of generalization ✔✔Making Assumptions about a whole group of people based on an
inadequate sample.
(Example: "Engineering students are nerds.")
fallacy of false cause ✔✔Drawing improper conclusions through sequencing.
(Example: If A comes before B, then A causes B.)
fallacy of personalizations ✔✔"Against the man" or "You too"
Inserting personalities inappropriately into an argument.
(Example: "Against the man"- "I won't vote for Senator Smith's education bill because he had a
mistress and marital problems.")
fallacy of everyone does it ✔✔"Against Many"
Justifying an issue based solely on the number of people involved.
(Example: "It's healthy to drink only soda - Millions of American kids do.")
Fallacy of Appealing to Authority ✔✔Using an endorsement from someone as a primary reason
for supporting a point of view.
(Example: "We should oppose higher taxes because Curt Schilling does!")
Fallacy of Weak Analogy ✔✔using irrelevant similarities in 2 objects to draw a conclusion.
(Example: "Cars and motorcycles are both driven at high speeds on the highway. Drivers of Cars
are not required to wear helmets so motorcycle riders shouldn't have to either.")
Fallacy of False Dichotomy ✔✔Setting up a situation in which it looks like there are only 2
possible options. If one option is discredited, the other option must be accepted.
(Example: "America- Love it or Leave it.")
Creative Thinking ✔✔The ability to look at things from a new perspective, to come up with fresh
solutions to problems.
Creative Thinking Involves What? ✔✔Curiosity
Flexibility
Looking for the 2nd right answer
Combining things in new ways
Thinking metaphorically
Questioning the way things are
3 Basic Steps to Solving a Problem ✔✔Define the problem
Narrow the problem
Generate possible solutions
Brainstorming ✔✔A process of generating ideas for solutions with a group of people.
Listening ✔✔Purposefully focusing on what a speaker is saying with the objective of
understanding.
active listening ✔✔Focus on what is being said
Confirm you heard the message
Ask for any clarification
Watch for non-verbal messages
Listen for requests
Note taking methods ✔✔Lists
Outlines
Concept Maps
Cornell Method
General Tips for note taking ✔✔Be prepared
Write ONLY on 1 side of the paper
Label, Number, & Date all notes
When using a laptop, angle to see the board and teacher
Don't try and capture everything said
Copy EVERYTHING written on the board
Leave space between ideas
Use Signals and Abbreviations
Separate your method from the book and teacher
Create a symbol when you fall behind
Review notes right after class- SAME DAY!
Write a summary of the main ideas of the class in your words
Definition of memory ✔✔The process of storing and retrieving information.
2 types of memories ✔✔Short-Term Memory (Active Memory)
Long-Term Memory (Passive Memory)
short-term memory ✔✔Involves information being captured at the moment, as well as information
retrieved from our passive memory for doing complex mental tasks.
(Limited, Suffers from passing time, and Lack of Use)
long-term memory ✔✔the relatively permanent storage of information
12 tips to help you retrieve information and keep it as long-term memory ✔✔Make a deliberate
decision to remember
Link the info to your everyday life
Link the info to other info you "stored"
Mentally group similar items together ("buckets")
Use-Visual Imagery
Use the information
Break info down into manageable "chunks"
Work from general info to the specific info
Eliminate distractions
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Test you memory often
Location, Location, Location
mnemonics ✔✔tricks that help you remember something
4 Examples of mnemonics ✔✔Acronyms
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