Initial Assessment

a. In person meetings
b. Skype calls
c. Email
d. All of the above
a. They set a good example.
b. Their values and behaviors align.
c. They keep a professional detachment.
d. Others want to emulate their behaviors and wisdom.
a. The mentor
b. The mentee
c. The library and school
d. All of the above
a. Focus
b. Energy
c. Purpose
d. All of the above
a. Both the mentor and the mentee
b. The mentor
c. The mentee
d. Neither the mentor nor the mentee
a. Tony Wagner
b. Barbara Stripling
c. John Keller
d. Rosabeth Kantor
a. Connect, Wonder, Investigate, Construct, Express, and Reflect
b. Connect, Wonder, Analyze, Construct, Express, and Reflect
c. Connect, Wonder, Investigate, Create, Express, and Reflect
d. Connect, Investigate, Create, Construct, Express, and Reflect
a. Beginning
b. Middle
c. End
d. All of the above
a. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work individually to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking
b. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking
c. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentor’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking
d. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve more general, individually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking
a. Help set the meeting agendas
b. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by the group
c. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by each group member
d. All of the above
a. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity increases drastically
b. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity decreases drastically
c. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity increases drastically
d. At around 3rd grade, children’s creativity increases drastically
a. Specific, Money, Artsy, Relevant, Today
b. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely
c. Streamlined, Measurable, Achievement, Rested, Trendy
d. Sustainable, Modifiable, Accessible, Relevant, Topical
a. Ignore stress
b. Cut corners
c. Experience quicker learning
d. Need less encouragement
a. The Inquiry Process Model
b. The Information Fluency Continuum (IFC)
c. The ARCS Model of Motivational Design
d. All of the above
a. Starting, Establishing Agreements, Facilitating Learning and Coming to an End
b. Preparing, Establishing Learning, Facilitating Closure and Coming to Agreements
c. Preparing, Establishing Agreements, Facilitating Learning and Coming to Closure
d. Starting, Establishing Learning, Facilitating Closure, and Coming to
a. When you listen, your mentee is more likely to listen to you.
b. You learn about your mentee's needs and concerns.
c. It diffuses potential conflict.
d. All of the above.
a. Tell your mentee what is required for the two of you to work well together
b. Provide lots of encouragement rather than constructive feedback so as not to dispirit the mentee
c. Talk about a time when you had to face a similar challenge or develop a similar project and what you did to handle it
d. Let your mentee know that you plan on giving them feedback when you are disappointed in their performance.
a. They can infer judgement of your mentee.
b. They can intimidate your mentee.
c. Both A and B.
d. Neither A nor B.
a. It can be overbearing
b. It inhibits the mentee from taking risks
c. It can create too intimate of a relationship between mentor and mentee
d. The mentee may feel too comfortable and become complacent
a. Mentoring relationships often fail.
b. Mentoring relationships often succeed.
c. Mentees can be more independent.
d. Mentors find mentoring satisfying.
a. Cause your mentee to feel unwanted
b. Establish negative boundaries
c. Prevent problems and reduce false assumptions
d. None of the above
a. facilitators, active participants
b. sages, students
c. authority figures, passive receivers
d. None of the above
a. Understanding, Remembering, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating
b. Remembering, Understanding, Analyzing, Applying, Creating, Evaluating,
c. Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating
d. Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Creating, Evaluating
a. Focuses on career issues and providing emotional support
b. Focuses on boosting performance
c. Focuses on development intangibles
d. None of the above
a. They prefer to work alone.
b. They prefer to work in a group of 3-5.
c. The responses were mixed.
d. They preferred to work with only one other person.
a. Behaviors
b. Example
c. Wisdom
d. All of the above
a. Counseling
b. Mentoring
c. Teaching
d. Coaching
a. Irregular communication
b. Lack of progress and accountability
c. Unrealistic expectations
d. Failure to evaluate the relationship and act on feedback
a. Everyone has a voice in the process.
b. Determining immediately who has the best ideas.
c. Identify the resources they might use ahead of time.
d. Determining if an idea costs too much as soon as it is suggested.
a. Approachable and Reflective
b. Respect and Good listener
c. Empathy and Positive role model
d. Reflective and Good listener

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