Fundamentals

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Fundamentals

Training Webinar

Dr. Marsha Fralick

Overview CollegeScope Webinar

• Overview of key features• Research on effectiveness (Brief)• Resources for faculty• A quick tour (student and faculty view)• Helping your students log in • Introducing CollegeScope to your students• Improving retention and success• Common login problems and easy solutions• Assessments

Keys to Success

• The program helps students to make a good choice of a major and career.

Personality assessment Statistically accurate Valid and reliable School related scenarios are easy to read and

understand. Connects personality types to matching careers

Helps students discover multiple intelligences

Connects multiple intelligences to careers

Keys to Success

• The program helps students to understand their learning style and how to become a lifelong learner.

Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

Identify learning style and productivity factors.

Explore matching learning strategies.

Technology for the New Millennial Generation

New Millennials

• Our current college students were born after 1992. • Most were born with a computer in the home and were

using them by age 5 • Cyber generation• The connected generation • 82% are online daily• Average 12 hours per week online

Personalized for each student

• Based on personality, learning style and multiple intelligences

• Refers to the student by their name

• This is not possible in a printed text

Career Success

Chapter 1: Understanding MotivationChapter 2: Exploring your Personality and MajorChapter 3: Learning Style and IntelligenceChapter 4: Exploring Interests and ValuesChapter 5: Planning Your Career and Education

College Success

Chapter 6: Managing Time and MoneyChapter 7: Improving Memory and ReadingChapter 8: Taking Notes, Writing and SpeakingChapter 9: Test Taking

Lifelong Success

Chapter 10: Communication and RelationshipsChapter 11: Thinking Critically and CreativelyChapter 12: Maintaining a Healthy LifestyleChapter 13: Appreciating DiversityChapter 14: Thinking Positively about the Future

Key Themes

• Personality type

• Positive student development

• Positive thinking

• Personal development

• Motivation

Noteworthy Results at Cuyamaca Community College

Implementing our Student Success Program on college campuses has resulted in a 26% increase in persistence rates!

CUYAMACA COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESULTS:87% of students had chosen a major by the end of the course62% of students reported more confidence in their academic skills88% of students rated the course as good or very good

Results: Lone Star College System

CollegePersistence rate of all

Student TypesPersistence rate of

CollegeScope students

LSC – CyFair 79% 94%

LSC – Kingwood 67% 82%

LSC –Montgomery 77% 88%

LSC – North Harris 81% 90%

LSC – Tomball 70% 82%

System Average 75% 87%

Published Articles

• College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative Attrition

• Career Development in a College Success Course

Resources

The Professional Guide

• Located on your faculty menu• Over 500 pages of supporting activities to engage your

students in learning• Contains Quick Start Guides• Information on administering the assessments

Training Notes and Other Resources

• http://www.collegesuccess1.com

Tour of Faculty Portfolioand Sample Student Account

Quick Tour Sample Student and Faculty Portfolios

www.surescorefundamentals.com/pc3827•How to log in•Locating the Professional Guide•How to add students•The faculty menu•Locating the chapters

How Students Register and Log In

www.surescorefundamentals.com/pc3827

Introducing Fundamentals to Your Students

Adding students to your account

• Students must register in Fundamentals

• Then you can add them to your Fundamentals account

Click: Register Here

Fill out the registration information.

Click the Register Button at the bottom of the page.

Fill out the registration information.

Click the Register Button at the bottom of the page.

Use the email address and password you created to log in. Do not register again.

Next time, just log in.

To get started, click on Start Fundamentals.

Start with a pre-test.

• The pre-test to measures your skills at the present time.

• You will take this assessment again at the end to see how you have improved.

• Relax and answer the questions honestly. • The assessment is a good outline of the content

of Fundamentals.

The Pre-Test

There are 100 easy questions. Just answer quickly. You can click on Finish Later if you don’t complete the survey all at once.

View the results of the Pre-Test

The Electronic Journal

• It is an opportunity for students to read and think about how to apply the material in their personal lives.

• Make your expectations clear.

• Expect a well-developed paragraph for most questions.

• Show a sample.

The Electronic Quizzes

• This is an interactive feature that helps students with reading comprehension.

• Students get immediate feedback.• Students cannot change their answers once they

press the Submit button.• Expect students to do their best.• The quizzes are part of the student portfolio and

counts on their grade.

Chapter 3

• Has with 2 assessments– Learning Style Inventory (LSI) – Multiple Intelligences Advantage (MI Advantage)

Intelligences are matched to careers

Add careers to your portfolio

Improving Retention and Success

with Fundamentals

What Should You Do in the First 2 Weeks?

• Introduce CollegeScope• Help students get to know one another• Make your expectations clear • Do some exercises to engage students in

learning• Make sure all students have logged in and

completed chapter 1 by the end of the first 2 weeks.

Show the Sample Student account

• sample_student@surescore.comPassword: sample1

PowerPoint: Getting Started with Fundamentals

• Located at www.collegesuccess1.com• Click on Training Notes

How to help students get started?

• The first 2 weeks are critical for student success and retention.

• Use Fundamentals to monitor progress.

Review the second day

• Review the information on Fundamentals the second day for those who were absent or those who need motivation to get started.

• Congratulate those who have started. • Meet with students who have not started

Fundamentals.

Most Common Login Problems and Easy Solutions

• I will email you a handout. It is also on Training

Notes.

Helping Your Students Log In

Students register only once. Then they log in with the email address and the password they created.

Remind students to write down the email address and password they use to create their accounts.

I forgot my email address

• You can find the email address that students used to create their account by looking at their portfolio on My Students or All Students in your instructor account.

I forgot my password

• You can look at the Student Portfolio and reset the password. Tell the student what the new password is. They can reset it when then log into their portfolio.

I can’t continue to the next page

• Students must finish everything before they can advance to the next page:– Quizzes– Activities– Journal Entries

• Check to see if anything is missing, especially on the quizzes and activities.

When I tried to register, it says that my email already exists.

• If the email already exists, they have already registered. Tell students to log in with the email address and password they created when they registered the first time.

When I tried to log in, it says that my email does not exist.

There are several reasons for this:

They are using a different email.

They entered the info incorrectly.

They have not registered.

Contact Customer Service

• If you have any problem you cannot resolve. This does not happen very often.

• If you need to have a student’s account reset. If a student fails and takes the course again, it can be reset so they can start over.

This info is available at the College Success Website• http://www.collegesuccess1.com/

• Click on Training Notes and Vision Academy of Excellence for this PowerPoint

• Also Common Problems and Easy Solutions

Next Steps

• Next session:

• Do What You Are

• The Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

• MI Advantage

• Questions?

The AssessmentsDo What You Are (DWYA)

Learning Style Inventory (LSI) Multiple Intelligences (MI Advantage)

Exercises for Today

• Located under Training Notes at http://www.collegesuccess1.com

• Job Jar Activity

• Personality Checklist

• Talkers and Listeners

• J/P exercise

Personality Assessment

Carl Jung 1875-1961

• We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime.

• There are no good or bad types.• Each type has their own unique gifts and talents.• Exercise: What is a preference?

Key Theme

• Choosing a major

• Career choice

• Learning Style

• Communication

• Self-understanding

Job Jar Activity

• Use it to introduce career assessments

Administering the DWYA

• Find a time when you are not tired or rushed.

• There are no right or wrong answers.

• Answer quickly giving your first impression. Do not over analyze.

• You will have a chance to look at your profile and change it if you think it is not correct.

• Answer the questions honestly to get the best results.

• Answer the questions how you usually are when you are not stressed.

• Do not answer the questions:– How you want to be– How you have to be at home, work or school– How others want you to be

Getting Good Results

• Encourage students to give honest answers.

• What are some reasons students would not give honest answers?

• The test does not measure:

– Intelligence

– Psychological or emotional health

Resources

The Professional Guide on your Faculty Menu – Do What You Are Handbook– Psychometric Report

• Also on your Faculty Menu

Interpreting the Assessment

Use the Personality Checklist

• Contains a quick checklist with definitions

• Use it to help students understand their results

• Available in the Professional Guide

• Training Notes for Vision Academy

Begin Self-Assessment

How we interact with the world and where we place our energy

E_____________________________|____________________________I Extraversion Introversion

Careers

Extravert•Customer service•Sales•Public relations•Human resources•Physical therapist•Financial advisor •Business management

Introvert•Computer scientist•Software engineer•Scientist•Engineer•Accountant•Graphic designer•Pharmacist•Artist

Talkers and Listeners

Talker• What made me a talker?• How can I develop my

listening skills?• How can I help listeners talk

Listener

• What made me a listener?• How can I develop my

talking skills?• How can I help talkers listen

Self-Assessment

The kind of information we naturally notice and remember

S_____________________________|___________________________N Sensing Intuition

Careers

Sensing•Business executives•Accountants•Police and detectives•Judges•Lawyers•Computer programmers•Doctors•Dentists •Interior decorators

Intuitive•Scientists•Engineers•Psychologists•Artists•Photographers•Actors•Professors•Writers

Personality Exercise

• Write about the picture for 3 minutes

Self-Assessment

How we make decisions

T_____________________________|___________________________F Thinking Feeling

CareersThinking•Business managers and administrators•Lawyer•Judge•Computer Specialist•Scientist•Engineers•Mathematicians•Doctors and dentists•Military leaders

Feeling•Child care workers•Social workers•Counselors•Family practice physicians•Pediatricians•Interior decorators•Photographers•Artists and musicians

Self-Assessment

Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way

J_____________________________|_____________________________P Judging Perceiving

CareersJudging•Business executives•Managers•Accountants•Financial officers•Police and detectives•Judges•Lawyers•Computer programmers•Military leaders

Perceptive•Pilots•Athletes•Paramedics•Police and detective work•Forensic pathologists•Engineers•Scientists•Carpenters•Artists•Musicians

J and P Exercise:

• Where do you stand?

– I can play anytime

– I have to finish my work before I play

The Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

• Measures preferences in 20 areas

Administering the LSI

• Give your initial response

• No need to over analyze

• Answer as though you were learning new or difficult information

The Learning Style Inventory

Important Considerations

• It is not a test

• It describes how you prefer to learn new or difficult material

• Usually there are 6 or 7 areas out of 20 that are important for an individual

The LSI

– Perceptual

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

• Tactile

• Immediate environment

– Sound

– Heat

– Light

– Design (formal or informal)

• Emotionality

– Motivation

– Responsibility

– Persistence

– Structure

• Sociological

–Self oriented

–Peer oriented

–Adult oriented

• Physical

– Time of day

– Food intake

– Mobility

Perceptual

• Auditory (one third)

• Visual (one third)

• Tactile/Kinesthetic (one third)

Learning disabled as well as gifted prefer tactile/kinesthetic

Important Considerations

• It is not a test• It describes how you prefer to learn new or

difficult material• Usually there are 6 or 7 areas out of 20 that

are important for an individual

Learning Style

The Paper Airplane Exercise

Directions for the MI Advantage

• The assessment takes approximately 15 minutes.

• The purpose of this assessment is to identify your personal strengths and matching majors.

Directions for the MI Advantage

• Answer the questions honestly. • Avoid answering with what you think you should

say or what you want to be true. • Take the assessment when you are well rested

and have time to complete it. • There are no right or wrong or good or bad

answers. Each person has a unique intelligence profile.

• Answer with what comes to mind first; do not overanalyze your answers

Questions?

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