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Question 1:

What important qualities or meaningful goals will honing your skills in academic reading and writing help to promote?
a) The need to communicate ideas and understanding about the world
b) The need to discipline and organize your thinking
c) The capacity to engage in sustained thinking, reflection, and analysis
d) All of the above

Question 2:

Where are you unlikely to find academic articles?
a) Magazines
b) Books published by university presses
c) Journals
d) Electronic databases

Question 3:

Which of the following is NOT a primary purpose of academic articles?
a) To publish original research
b) To inform on current affairs
c) To create and disseminate knowledge
d) To engage in the exchange of ideas

Question 4:

Which of the following is NOT an important social function that magazines and newspaper articles perform?
a) Drawing attention to areas of experience relatively untouched by research
b) Reporting news or current issues of concern to the general public
c) Publishing original peer-reviewed research
d) All of the above

Question 5:

What are two important considerations when writing academically?
a) Purpose and objective
b) Objective and aim
c) Purpose and audience
d) Lifestyle and audience

Question 6:

Why are conventions in academic writing important?
a) A common language of communication is important in academic disciplines.
b) They make writing accessible to lay people.
c) There is no room for creativity in academic writing.
d) All of the above

Question 7:

Which of the following is true about academic writing?
a) It is exploratory.
b) It is inquisitive.
c) It is used to evaluate and assess.
d) All of the above

Question 8:

Why is the concept of the “isolated scholar” a stereotype?
a) Scholars are usually extroverts.
b) It presents a negative image of the scholar.
c) Scholars often have to work collaboratively.
d) It is not a stereotype.

Question 9:

Why is the academic community important to the community at large?
a) The academic community is not influential outside the university.
b) Graduates learn important life skills.
c) Academic research can influence government policy.
d) Both B and C

Question 10:

We say an article has been “peer reviewed” when it’s been evaluated, commented on, and approved for publication by experts in a different field of study than the author.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Essays in the humanities are generally empirically-based: They attempt to identify problems, predict occurrences, create raw data, analyze cause and effect, and generalize based on their findings.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Essays in the sciences and social sciences are generally based on identifying problems, asking questions, proposing answers by way of a thesis, interpreting primary and secondary sources in light of the thesis, and drawing conclusions
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

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