Reminders:
Complete your blog/portfolio postings. For a reminder of the specific expectations for posts that you are required to complete for the semester, you can review them on the Meta-Blog here. You may skip the posts about your best work so far. Campus life activities you might consider attending if you still need one are the BSU party tonight and the Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 7pm on Sunday.
You must submit your "Rubric of Me" on the day of the final exam in order to get credit. You can download the form from the campus portal if you need to.
Studying together... well, I don't really have to remind you, do I?
I have office hours tomorrow (Friday), 11-12:15.
The final exam will have three parts: (A) map id plus history; (B) research review; and (C) reflection.
PART A
For the final exam, you will need to be able to locate the following places on a map outline:- Mesopotamia (Iraq)
- Athens & Sparta (Greece)
- China
- Aztec Empire (Mexico)
- Medieval Universities of Europe (e.g. Bologna, Italy)
- and Africa (Timbuktu, Mali)
- NAPOLAs (Germany)
- American Public School System (e.g. Massachusetts)
In addition, as on the midterm exam, you will describe, in a sentence or two, the last four education systems and the purposes they served in their societies.
PART B
You will need to be able to briefly define/summarize the neuroscience concepts we have explored since the midterm exam:- Cooperative/Collaborative Learning (all-class research project);
- Self-Affirmation of Values (and its relationship to stereotype threat, stress, etc.);
- How Reading Fiction Affects Behavior;
- and the American Public Education controversy of your choice.
PART C (take home or in class, your choice)
A reflection on mission, values and engagement experiences you have had in your first semester. You can download the prompt from the campus portal and write the reflection ahead of time, or you can write the reflection during the exam period. This is an assignment shared by all nine of the First Year Seminar sections.
