{"id":578,"date":"2019-01-08T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:14:29","slug":"final-exam-definitions-and-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/first-year-seminar\/final-exams\/final-exam-definitions-and-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Exam Definitions and Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"#budgeting-your-time\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a name=\"#budgeting-your-time\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBudgeting Your Time (aka how to get this done in two hours):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you budget your time for this exam, keep in mind that\u00a0Part A\/Ques\u00a01-7\u00a0(reading and evaluating seven documents) and\u00a0Part C\/Ques\u00a09\u00a0(making and explaining your recommendation)\u00a0require\u00a0more\u00a0time\u00a0than\u00a0Part B\/Ques\u00a08\u00a0(considering what other information would have been helpful and how one would find that kind of information).\u00a0\u00a0 While Part B is important,\u00a0Parts A\u00a0and\u00a0C\u00a0likely will require\u00a0more time and deep thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Also keep in mind that\u00a0Part A\u00a0and\u00a0Part B\u00a0are meant to\u00a0prepare\u00a0you for\u00a0Part C, your\u00a0recommendation and justification.\u00a0 Your\u00a0thorough analysis\u00a0of the documents in Part A in particular will help you make a\u00a0persuasive recommendation\u00a0in Part C, where you should plan to\u00a0incorporate relevant information\u00a0from the\u00a0documents\u00a0and\u00a0explain\u00a0how they led you to the recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credibility<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Credible information is based on\u00a0facts\u00a0and is authoritative; Credible information does not have the intent to flat-out deceive.\u00a0 It\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0unfairly promote\u00a0opinion\u00a0and does not have an agenda.\u00a0 On the other hand, biased information may promote only one opinion or side of an argument and\/or contain \u201cselective\u201d or \u201ccherry-picked\u201d data.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"#critical-Thinking\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Thinking\/Problem Solving aka Inquiry-Based Thinking <\/strong>(Demonstrating\u00a0sound\u00a0reasoning\u00a0skills\u00a0through\u00a0analysis\u00a0and\u00a0construction of\u00a0arguments)<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"#information-literacy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information\u00a0literacy\u00a0<\/strong>(Accessing,\u00a0evaluating,\u00a0and\u00a0using\u00a0information ethically)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Relevant information closely relates to the topic\/scenario you are considering.\u00a0 It may be recent.\u00a0 It affects the stakeholders in the scenario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budgeting Your Time (aka how to get this done in two hours): As you budget your time for this exam, keep in mind that\u00a0Part A\/Ques\u00a01-7\u00a0(reading and evaluating seven documents) and\u00a0Part C\/Ques\u00a09\u00a0(making and explaining your recommendation)\u00a0require\u00a0more\u00a0time\u00a0than\u00a0Part B\/Ques\u00a08\u00a0(considering what other information would have been helpful and how one would find that kind of information).\u00a0\u00a0 While Part B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":498,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions\/1303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}