Academic Skills Quiz

Where should you go for help?

• Your dog.

• A peer, either in the same class or who has done the class before.

• A writing center at the university.

• Your Physics tutor.

• A good friend who gets high marks in English but doesn't study Physics

In the course Critical thinking skills for University Success, in academic culture, what is included in the responsibility of students?

• Students are expected to have responsibility to use their knowledge in ways that are ethical and make a positive contribution to the communities to which they belong, whether they are local, regional, or global.

• Students are expected to be critical on analyzing, communicate and producing ideas to complete their assignments, and avoid any academic unethical issue that may lead them to plagiarism.

• Students are expected to complete all given assignments on time.

• Responsibility is not mentioned in academic culture.

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about descriptive tasks?

• Descriptive tasks are common at university.

• The language associated with descriptive task is usually fairly straightforward.

• Descriptive tasks do not ask the respondent to interpret or create new knowledge.

• Descriptive tasks require you to critique, analyze or evaluate.

Which of the following is an example of the contribution of information and digital literacy to the values of academic culture?

• Beginning an assignment with one opinion, but changing your opinion as you gather and read more information sources with contrary evidence.

• Giving a presentation

• Making a valid argument

• Cataloging information on a library website

Which of the following statements can be considered hasty generalizations? Choose 2 answers.

• All generalizations are bad.

• All homeless people are unemployed.

• Winter months are colder than Summer months.

• All homeless people are poor.

What advice do the students give for communicating effectively at university? Choose 2 answers.

• Refer to your work experience when communicating at university

• Attend orientation week

• Follow up emails with spoken conversations

• Attend talks

What is the origin of the evidence?

• Non-academic

• Primary

• Verbal communication

• Personal experience

Why can't we rely just on textbooks as information sources at university?

• Because they are not written by experts.

• Because they don't provide deep knowledge of a subject

• Because they are sometimes wrong

• Because they present an unproblematic view of a field and don't always present current debates in the field.

• Because they are not verified by academics.

In order to check if a website is suitable for academic use, you should ask all questions below to check the purpose of that website except

• Can you identify a goal of the site?

• Who is the site intended for?

• Does the site appear to have a bias?

• Does the site include many topics?

This practice is increasingly emphasized in the context of Life-long learning; in which each individual need to actively foster their own development of knowledge and skills is which part of the Toulmin model of argumentation?

• Warrant

• Claim

• Evidence

• Rebuttal