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You are studying Economics at university, and you are interested in developing your Personal
Learning Network (PLa,c,dN). Which of the following would be good to include in your PLN?
(Refer to 5.2)
Check 3 options.
a.A blog with interesting posts written by academics, although only a few of them are about
Economics.
b.The Twitter feed of the Finance Minister of your country; however, you think politics is really
dull.
c.The Facebook profile of a fellow Economics student who always gets good marks at university.
d.The Twitter feed of a well-known publication that posts interesting economics statistics.
correct answers a.A blog with interesting posts written by academics, although only a few of
them are about Economics.
c.The Facebook profile of a fellow Economics student who always gets good marks at university.
d.The Twitter feed of a well-known publication that posts interesting economics statistics.
Read the following example of misconduct.
It's 4.30, and Mary has just taken the final exam for Introduction to Microbiology. She feels
pretty confident she did well when she runs into her friend Jane. Jane is in the evening class
rather than the afternoon class that Mary is in, and is about to take the exam. She is a little
nervous as she hasn't studied enough, so Mary tells her a few of the more difficult questions, and
her answers for those questions.
What kind of misconduct ( hành vi sai trái) is happening?
Check one option.
A.Plagiarism
B.Self-plagiarism
C.Cheating
D.Fabrication or falsification of data or results.
E.Facilitation of academic misconduct of another student. correct answers E.Facilitation of
academic misconduct of another student.
"Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard." - Gene Wolfe
What quality of academic culture does this relate to?
Check one option.
A.The need for evidence to support opinions.
B.The use of research to produce knowledge.
C.The importance of independent learning.
D.The contingent nature of academic knowledge. correct answers D.The contingent nature of
academic knowledge.
,In Jeong Woo's first semester at university he often forgot to get his course readings done in
time, and had to ask for an extension twice for his assignments as he couldn't complete them. In
his second semester he became a lot more aware of when he needed to have completed readings
and assignments, which resulted in better grades and greater contributions to tutorials.
Which survival skill mentioned in lesson 1.3 does this refer to?
A.Collaboration
B.Noticing how your field structures knowledge.
C.Study skills
D.Time management correct answers D.Time management
"Most English-speaking cultures stress the role of the individual in society .... This attitude is
reflected in the education system. From pre-school onwards, children are encouraged to express
themselves in many different ways, and are expected to explore activities, subjects and ideas that
interest them." - Jean Brick
What quality of academic culture does this relate to?
A.The contingent nature of academic knowledge.
B.The need for evidence to support opinions.
C.The use of research to produce knowledge.
D.The importance of independent learning. correct answers D.The importance of independent
learning.
Consider the following situation.
Fatima is writing an essay for her Macroeconomics course on the Great Recession. She is firmly
convinced that a lack of government regulation of the financial industry was responsible for the
crisis. However, she wants to find some evidence to support her argument before she starts
writing.
In lesson 1.2b Michelle Harrison refers to 3 ways that information and digital literacy contribute
to the values of academic culture. Which way does Fatima's situation refer to?
Check one option.
A.The flexibility to change your opinion on an issue based on evidence to the contrary.
B.The ability to identify a problem or research question.
C.The importance of using academic journal databases to find information.
D.The importance of finding good evidence to support your argument. correct answers D.The
importance of finding good evidence to support your argument.
Which record is an article on positive topological entropy in the journal Annals of Mathematics
part of?
Check one option.
A.Cultural record
B.Public record
,C.Police record
D.Scholarly record correct answers D.Scholarly record
Is a first year visual art textbook called Introduction to Art History an example of a primary
source, secondary source, or tertiary source?
Check one option.
A.Primary source
B.Secondary source
C.Tertiary source
D.Quaternary source correct answers Tertiary source
In which part of an academic journal article would you encounter the findings or outcomes of the
research that was conducted?
Check one option.
A.Abstract
B.Introduction
C.Results
D.Methodology
E.Methodology
G.Discussion
H.Conclusion correct answers C.Results
You are an undergraduate pharmacology student researching approaches to protein therapeutics
over the last 20 years. Where would you begin your search?
Check 2 options.
A.Google Scholar
B.An academic journal database called Humanities and Social Sciences Collection which gives
broad coverage to journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
C.Yahoo
D.An academic journal database called Web of Science which gives broad coverage to journal
articles in the sciences. correct answers A.Google Scholar
D.An academic journal database called Web of Science which gives broad coverage to journal
articles in the sciences.
Which of these options is the usual structure of a humanities journal article?
Check one option.
A.Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References
B.Abstract, Introduction, Results, Methodology, Discussion
Conclusion, References
C.Abstract, Introduction, Body, Conclusion, References
D.Abstract, Introduction, Body, References, Conclusion correct answers C.Abstract,
Introduction, Body, Conclusion, References
, Consider the following assessment question.
"It is important to remember that educational software, like textbooks, is only one tool in the
learning process. Neither can be a substitute for well-trained teachers, leadership, and parental
involvement" (Keith Krueger). How important is educational technology?
The first step in developing a search strategy is to break the question down into sub-topics.
Choose the best set of sub-topics for this question.
Check one option.
A.Textbooks, educational technology, educational leadership, teacher training, parental
involvement with education.
B.Importance of educational software, textbooks, importance of teacher training.
C.Educational software, teachers, leadership, parental involvement.
D.History of educational software, importance of teacher training, importance of educational
leadership. correct answers A.Textbooks, educational technology, educational leadership, teacher
training, parental involvement with education.
What is the most important thing that determines where you look for information sources,
according to Pat Norman in lesson 2.3?
Check one option.
A.How easy it is to access.
B.How fine-grained you want your information to be.
C.The academic field you're studying.
D.What you're looking for. correct answers D.What you're looking for.
Consider the following assessment question.
"It is important to remember that educational software, like textbooks, is only one tool in the
learning process. Neither can be a substitute for well-trained teachers, leadership, and parental
involvement" (Keith Krueger). How important is educational technology?
A student wants to research the importance of technology in curriculum change. What would be
the best combination of search terms below?
Check one option.
A.technology OR curriculum AND change
B.technology OR curriculum change
C.technology AND "curriculum change"
D.technology OR curriculum OR change correct answers C.technology AND "curriculum
change"
Why do academic journal articles, rather than textbooks or course notes, allow you to enter into
the academic conversations of your field?
Check 2 options.
A.Because they contain broad and basic subject knowledge.
B.Because they are written by academics, for other academics.
C.Because they provide more detailed and specific information on a field.
