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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 Attitu... de, 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 [Show More]

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