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EARNING
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XPERIENCE
7: V
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LARIFYING
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UTURE
Note that this experience contains
two
possible in-class activities. Your instructor should select the
appropriate activity. If you are using this Workbook on your own or are a distance learner, you should
complete the activity “Your Student Handbook: Exploring Your Current Context.”
1: Your Campus: Exploring Your Current Context
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This activity involves a fun competition to find and gather information from various places around campus.
Your team must put into practice information gathering and teamwork skills as you work to complete an
information search list. You not only learn about your college and the campus but also about information
resources you can continue to use throughout your time at college.
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BJECTIVES
This learning activity will teach you to:
1. Learn more about your college.
2. Improve your familiarity with campus resources and tools for information gathering.
3. Work effectively as a team and have fun.
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ERFORMANCE
C
RITERIA
If you successfully complete this activity, you will be able to
:
Deliver a strong tea
m performance at finding answers to questions on one of the search lists
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Document and use more than
seven campus resources
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Each team member contributes to the overall effort
•
Performance shows evidence of development and use of a plan with a team strategy
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LAN
Your team is to work from one of the five Search Lists assigned to you by your instructor. The goal is to
answer as many questions on your list as you can during the allotted time as determined by your instructor.
1.
Develop and write down an action plan with a strategy for how your teamwill most efficiently complete
the Search List.
2.
Collect and record your answers to the search questions. (Optional: create a map, which traces your
team’s travels across campus during this activity indicating where you found the answer to each
question.)
3.
During the searching, document and explain how each question is answered, and the role each team
member plays.
4.
Submit your search list to your instructor as soon as it is completed. If time runs out before finding
answers to all the questions on your list, stop working and submit the answers you have found up to
that point.
5.
Answer the Critical Thinking Questions. Also, your instructor may wish to share the search results
from each team with the class.