GST707: TMA3 Oct/Nov2016 The Good Study Guide

1 Some of the issues that might arise in class discussion groups are _____ difficulty and certainty exposure and participation alienation and frustration understanding and stress 2 In presentations, some basic rules to observe include ______ simplicity and clarity similarity and planning participation and audience sequence and material 3 Identify two of the eight basic tools of academic discourse from the options provided scholarship & criticism debate & explanation argument & resolution precision & correction 4 In the correct order, identify actions that will enable you get the most from discussion groups _____ arriving, listening, preparing, taking notes, speaking preparing, arriving, belonging, listening, speaking belonging, preparing, listening, taking notes, speaking preparing, listening, criticizing, taking notes, speaking, 5 An example of the misuse of online information mostly perpetuated by students is _____ plagiarising assignments identity theft beachcombing socialisation 6 Skill, experience and knowledge required to read numbers used in academic discourse is known as ______ accountancy literacy statistics numeracy 7 Learning practical things will involve one of these _____ watching your self reflecting on experience asking for answer simplifying the theory 8 The Kolb's reflective learning circle is so named because ______ it's a planned work it’s a continous process It's a nice drawing It's a printed work 9 All but one, are ways to cope with obstacles that come with voluminous reading ____ organised reading environment patience with academic writing style strategized reading disagree with author's view 10 Mention two things to do when you encounter problems while using a computer _____ keep exploring or stop window shut down computer or wait it out use help facilities or guide book ask others or think it through 11 Learning cannot be achieved by ______ trying things out watching others asking for advice praying hard 12 Ideas and experiences can be placed at what stage of Kolb's reflective learning circle _____ planning conceptualising doing reflecting 13 A transient sharp upward or downward movement, as on a graph or table reading is called _____ abacus blip tablet gradient 14 A person with the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources, is said to be _______ information literate computer perfect internet savvy technology compliant 15 The acronym which stands as a checklist to judge the reliability of web information is ______ SAFARI FIRST PROMPT ACCESS 16 Gathering and working on large sets of numbers to present summaries of their features is a function of ____ numeracy pneumatics astrology  statistics 17 The entire set of people in a particular group from which one can collect data is called ______ in statistics population calculation survey actuary 18 Another term used to describe a 'lecturer' is __________ staff tutor pupil student 19 Pick two variables that can affect group work and discussion groups ____ time change and stylistics type of students and reading styles learning method and cultural diversity tutoring style and social diversity 20 One way of tackling the challenge of unfamiliar words is by the use of ____ actual cards concept cards lexicon cards subject cards