CS 1200 Exam 2

before you read

1. Establish a purpose
2. Make sure you have uninterrupted time
3. Survey/skim/preview
4. Make a list of questions

While You Read

1. Read actively
2. Focus
3. Take your time
4. Write down questions that need to be answered
5. Stop and recite

After You Read

1. recite answers
2. review
3. solve problems

Analytical Problem Solving

Step 1. Understand the problem
Step 2. Devise a plan
Step 3. Carry out the plan
Step 4. Look back

"Take it as it comes"

Don't allow the next class session in a course to come without having mastered the material presented in the previous class session.
(This is perhaps the most powerful concept in studying engineering)

procrastination

Choosing to put off something we know we should be doing and instead do something we know we shouldn't be doing.

Reasons for procrastination

1. Fear of failure
2. Fear of success
3. Low tolerance of unpleasant tasks
4. Disorganized

Cornell Notes

a system of note taking that involves writing sentence summaries on the right side of the page with key words and topics indicated on the left

How many hours should you study?

1. How difficult is the course?
2. How good of a student are you?
3. How well prepared are you for the course?
4. What grade do you want to receive?

Four Quadrants of Priority Management according to Stephen Covey

Urgent Important, Not Urgent Important, Urgent Not Important, Not Urgent Not Important

Solitary Learning Mode

you learn by yourself

Collaborative Learning Mode

You learn with others

R. Landis

Who says ""My anecdotal research indicates that about 90 percent of first-year engineering students do virtually 100 percent of their studying alone."

Quality

What does the Q in TQM stand for in the context of Personal TQM for change?

Examine Yourself

According to the textbook and PPT slides, what is not a barrier to choosing productive actions?

Feelings

When talking about our personal growth and development, we talk about the Value Judgements applied to our Actions, Thoughts and ________________ ?

Silver Rule

Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you

False

T/F: Thoughts will affect actions, not vice versa

commitment

Once you have the knowledge of what you want to do, the next step is to have

Stereotype

a fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea which does not allow for any individuality, often based on religious, social, or racial prejudices.

self-actualization

Which below is the highest level in Maslow's Hieratchy of Needs?

1. Safety
2. Belongingness and Love
3. Self-Actualization
4. Esteem

communication skill

According to the textbook, what specific skill in needed to do the performance evaluation of subordinates?

False

T/F: Therapy and Behavior Modification have the same direction and process for change

Employment model

According to the textbook, in order to perform assessment of your strengths and areas for improvement, there are three assessment models. These three assessment models are based on: Attributes, [A], and Astin's Student Involvement, respectively, and _____

False

T/F: To create a personal improvement (action) plan, we need to identify all areas for improvement and work on all of them as soon as we can.

Winston Churchill

Who said "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."?

True

T/F: An ethnic and gender-based student organization is one of several types of the engineering student organizations.

True

T/F: Study Abroad can distinguish yourself from your peers in a future job search.

False

T/F: Power ("the ability to influence others") comes from at least three sources, namely, 1. position, 2. knowledge, and 3. person. Given that we are still a student, we have little power

Will we enjoy having this student in our organizaiton?

Which of the following question will be frequently asked by an intern hiring organization?

False

T/F: As a student, you have little power from your position.

True

T/F: Co-curricular/Extra Curricular activities are things no one will make you do but they may have greater educational value than even your required coursework.

Get Financial Aid

Which of the following is not listed as a benefit of participation in student organizations

1. Get financial aid
2. Develop leadership and organizational skills
3. Receive academic support
4. Engage in professional development activities
5. Meet social needs

Networking

Which of the following can best help you identifying employment opportunities?

False

T/F: On deciding whether you will be hired by a company or not, your academic performance is the only thing to be considered.

True

T/F: Among many attributes, your mobility is one of the key attributes to get promoted in a global business environment.

2,870

How many four-year colleges and Universities are there in the US?

389

How many of the universities and colleges in the US have ABET accredited engineering programs?

Position of Engineering Unit in University

1. President or Chancellor
2. Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
3. Dean of Engineering
4a. Chair Department of Civil Engineering
4b. Chair Department of Electrical Engineering
4c. Chair Department of Mechanical Engineering

1,729

How many community colleges are there in the U.S.

40%

How many engineering graduates attended a community college at some time

ABET Engineering Criteria 2000

Students
Program Educational Objectives
Student outcomes
Continuous improvement
Curriculum
Faculty
Facilities
Institutional Support
Program Criteria

Program Assessment Process

1. Establish educational objectives and outcomes
2. Measure whether objectives and outcomes are being achieved
3. Identify program strengths and areas for improvement
4. Develop plan of action and implement changes to bring about improvements

Sources of Advising

Faculty
Staff
Other students
Publications (catalog, student handbook)

Personal Development

receptiveness to change

Personal Total Quality Management (TQM)

strive to change, grow, and improve yourself continuously in every area that impacts your effectiveness

Student Development

Areas in which you need to grow, change, or develop to achieve your goal of receiving your B.S. degree in CS

Productive Actions

support the achievement of your goals

Non-productive actions

actions
interfere with or work against the achievement of your goals

Positive Thoughts

result in our choosing productive actions

Negative Thoughts

result in our choosing non-productive actions

Positive Feelings

produce positive thoughts, which in turn lead to productive actions

Negative Feelings

produce negative thoughts, which in turn lead to non-productive actions

Therapy

change negative feelings to positive feelings and thoughts and behaviors will follow

Behavior Modification

choose productive behaviors and work to change negative thoughts to positive thoughts and your feelings will follow

For Behavior Modification to work you must complete these three steps:

1. Knowledge "You know what to do"
2. Commitment "You want to do it"
3. Implementation "You do it"

Barriers to Choosing productive Actions

1. current behavior satisfies you
2. difficulty doing things you don't enjoy
3. afraid to fail
4. blaming failure on others

"The common denominator of success" - Albert E.N. Gray

1. Successful people are influenced by the desire for pleasing results
2. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing methods

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

1. Self-actualization
2. Esteem
3. Social
4. Safety
5. Physiological

Self Esteem is made of

(According to Nathaniel Branden)
1. Self-efficacy: your sense of competence
2. Self-respect: your sense of personal worth

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Extroverted or Introverted (E or I)
Sensing or Intuitive (S or N)
Thinking or Feeling (T or F)
Perceiving or Judging (P or J)

Writing Demands of an Engineer

letters, proposals, contracts, etc

oral communication demands of an engineer

oral progress reports, formal presentations, project and committee meetings

Engineering Industry's #1 concern

To give engineering students more instruction in written and oral communication

one of the seven ABET Attributes of Engineering Graduates

an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Required Participation

laboratory groups. engineering design project teams

Elective Participation

study groups

autocratic leadership

leadership style that involves making managerial decisions without consulting others

democratic leadership

leader offers guidance but also encourages strong participation from team members

laissez-faire leadership

leader offers little guidance and leaves decision making up to team members

The Tuckerman Stages of Team Development

forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning

Eustress

positive stress

distress

negative stress

Examples of Co-Curricular activities

1.Participation in student organizations
2. Participation in engineering projects
3. Pre-professional employment
4. Study abroad
5. Putting something back (service)

Types of Engineering Student Organizations

1. Student chapters of discipline-specific engineering societies
2. Engineering honor societies
3. Ethnic and gender-based student organizations
4. Engineering student council

Benefits of Participation in Student Organizations

1. Meet your social needs
2. Develop your leadership and organizational skills
3. Engage in professional development activities
4. Receive academic support
5. Participate in service activities

Cooperative Education

a program of study at an institution of higher education under which regular students undertake academic study for specified periods of time alternating with work experience in government, industry, business . . .

Informational Interview

An information gathering session. Not a job interview. You are interviewing the employer.

Analysis Probelms

generally have one single right answer

Swiss Cheese Method

Refers to poking small holes in important projects. In this way, work is being accomplished toward the larger objective and progress is being made

"Sacrificing sleep for extra study time is counterproductive"

What did the researchers at the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behaviors conclude?

Richard Felder

Who said "I suggest three is the ideal size" when talking about group study sizes

W. Edwards Deming

Who is the father of TQM?

Deepok Chopra

Who wrote The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

Benjamin Franklin

Who said "there are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self"

Carl Jung

His word led to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Sheila Widnall

Who said "Studies in which male or female names are applied to resumes, proposals, and papers that are then evaluated by both male and female evaluators consistently show that the potential and accomplishments of women are undervalued by both men and women, relative to the same documents with male attribution"

Explicit Bias

a prejudice that we are openly and consciously aware of

Implicit Bias

have real world implications

Attributes Model

What knowledge, skills, and attitudes will you have when you graduate?

Employment Model

What do employers look for in new engineering graduates?

Astin's Student Involvement Model

This model measures the quality of your education as reflected by your level of student involvement

"No Deposit, No Return"

Motivating message that nothing comes easy, they wore this message on a button on their shirts at the Minority Engineering Program at California State Unviersity

Jesse Jackson's excel message

"Do your personal best!" Basically just strive to excel in everything you do

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who said "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"

George Lorimer

Who said "You've got to get up every morning with determination if youre going to go to bed with satisfaction"

Mark Twain

Who said "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up"

Most common Ethnic and Gender-based student organizations

1. NSBE
2. SHPE
3. MAES
4. AISES
5. SASE
6. SWE

STAR technique

Strategy for responding to questions:
Situation
Task
Action
Result

John F. Kennedy

Who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country" ?