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COMM 200 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Importance of outside of class and inside of the class communication with professors - ANS -
Students' communication with professors in class is important for academic success!
You get immediate feedback
You and the professor can be more attentive
The importance of in-class communication
Evaluated more positively by instructors
Leads to greater satisfaction for the class in general
Students who do not communication in-class perceive instructors and the school less positively
-Out-of-Class communication
--Meeting with your professors outside of class time is positively associated with:
Academic performance
Student retention
Positive affect for learning
Specific career planning
Personal development
Comfort in the classroom
Increased confidence in making career choices
Students' overall satisfaction with college
OCC benefits professors too!
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Different definitions of Plagiarism - ANS Collusion- lending your work to another person to
submit as his or her own
Fabrication- deliberately creating false information on a works cited page
Plagiarism - the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or
not; allowing another writer to write any part of your essay
Cheating - getting academic credit through fraudulent means.
Turnitin
Systematic Inquiry - ANS The process of asking questions and systematically attempting to
answer them, and understanding the limitations of the conclusion/s reached
When conducting research, three factors motivate the choices we make - ANS -intended
outcomes (understanding, prediction and control, critical/cultural change)
-theoretical preferences
-methodological preferences (rhetorical, quantitative, qualitative)
Rhetoric - ANS Interpretive - Humanist/Rhetoric Grounded in Interpretation, Analysis,
Criticism
-Methods include: critical, theoretical, and historical
Bias in research: The focus of research is subjectivity - all research has bias
-Focus is on: understanding. "Subjective," understanding multiple realities and experiences.
More case specific
-We are studying an artifact/thing
A persuasive document
A play, book, movie, cartoon, advertisement, museum
-Trying to find out, in depth, what the persuasive message is
Social Science - ANS Objective - Social Scientific Grounded in Empiricism Largely Quantitative
Data
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COMM 200 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Importance of outside of class and inside of the class communication with professors - ANS -
Students' communication with professors in class is important for academic success!
You get immediate feedback
You and the professor can be more attentive
The importance of in-class communication
Evaluated more positively by instructors
Leads to greater satisfaction for the class in general
Students who do not communication in-class perceive instructors and the school less positively
-Out-of-Class communication
--Meeting with your professors outside of class time is positively associated with:
Academic performance
Student retention
Positive affect for learning
Specific career planning
Personal development
Comfort in the classroom
Increased confidence in making career choices
Students' overall satisfaction with college
OCC benefits professors too!
©FYNDLAY 1
, ©FYNDLAY 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Different definitions of Plagiarism - ANS Collusion- lending your work to another person to
submit as his or her own
Fabrication- deliberately creating false information on a works cited page
Plagiarism - the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or
not; allowing another writer to write any part of your essay
Cheating - getting academic credit through fraudulent means.
Turnitin
Systematic Inquiry - ANS The process of asking questions and systematically attempting to
answer them, and understanding the limitations of the conclusion/s reached
When conducting research, three factors motivate the choices we make - ANS -intended
outcomes (understanding, prediction and control, critical/cultural change)
-theoretical preferences
-methodological preferences (rhetorical, quantitative, qualitative)
Rhetoric - ANS Interpretive - Humanist/Rhetoric Grounded in Interpretation, Analysis,
Criticism
-Methods include: critical, theoretical, and historical
Bias in research: The focus of research is subjectivity - all research has bias
-Focus is on: understanding. "Subjective," understanding multiple realities and experiences.
More case specific
-We are studying an artifact/thing
A persuasive document
A play, book, movie, cartoon, advertisement, museum
-Trying to find out, in depth, what the persuasive message is
Social Science - ANS Objective - Social Scientific Grounded in Empiricism Largely Quantitative
Data
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