Review MOOC 2 (SSL101c)

What is academic culture?
Check one option.

• clothes and other paraphernalia with the university's logo printed on them

• the beliefs, principles and approaches to study, work and life that a university upholds

• the types of food available on campus

• None of them are correct

What is academic integrity?
Choose one option.

• Behaving ethically and responsibly at university.

• Not cheating in exams.

• Understanding academic culture in its entirety, without dividing it into different parts.

• All are correct.

What is a knowledge-lean problem?
Check one option.

• A problem where the solver has no experience with the kind of problem

• A problem where you need to research the issue or know a lot about the topic in order to solve it

• A problem where little to no prior knowledge is needed to solve it

• A problem where the solution path or goal is unknown or up to interpretation

Consider the following task from a university course:

"Shakespeare's legacy to successive generations is his firm faith in human potential." (Bell Shakespeare Company, 2016). Discuss with reference to Hamlet.

What are the key terms you would need to define in order to answer this analytical task adequately?
Refer to lesson 3.1a.
Check 3 options.

• Summarize the plot of Hamlet.

• State whether you agree or disagree with the quote.

• Provide evidence for or against Shakespeare's "firm faith in human potential" in Hamlet.

• Provide evidence for or against Shakespeare's "firm faith in human potential" in other plays.

• List all of Shakespeare's works.

Why does Dr. Ranjit Voola suggest that we can learn through debate?
Check two options.

• Because it allows you to consider diverse views.

• Because you will realise that you are right and others are wrong.

• Because it allows you to solidify your own opinion.

• Because it can help constrain your thinking.

What makes evaluating solutions in an academic context different from evaluating solutions in everyday settings?
Check two options.

• The use of evidence

• Expression in written form

• Use of common sense.

• Reference to disciplinary bodies of knowledge

You've just gotten back your lab report from your Physics lecturer. She tells you that it was a good effort, but that it "needs to be more academic".

There are a lot of comments on the report about stylistic mistakes that you've made, but she hasn't included any information on what you should have done instead.

She is now away for the next two weeks on a conference and the replacement lecturer tells you bluntly that she doesn't have time to answer your questions.

Unfortunately, you have another lab report due the day after your normal lecturer returns.
Where should you go for help? Refer to lesson 5.4a and 5.4d.
Check three options.

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

• Your Physics tutor

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

• A writing center at the university

• Your flatmates

Consider the following question from a Linguistics exam:

"Summarize the pronunciation issues a native Thai speaker might face when learning to speak English."

What is the function word or phrase in this question?
Check one option.

• English

• Learning to speak

• Summarize

• Native Thai speaker

• Pronunciation issues

Imagine that you have just walked out of your mid-semester exam and, after talking to your friends in the class, realise that you completely misinterpreted the last question.

The exam was worth 10% of your grade. A week later you find out you failed the test because of that question.

What could (or should) you do?
Check one option.

• Let it go

• Go to your lecturer's office and ask to take the exam again.

• Stop your once-a-week tennis session, the only time you exercise, so you can use the time to study for the rest of the term.

• Ignore it.

Which of the following are examples of active revision for exams?
Refer to lesson 5.2a
Check four options.

• Doing practice essays or short answers

• Making flash cards

• Friendly debates of main theories with classmates

• Setting a time limit and doing a practice exam under exam conditions

• Reading and highlighting a textbook