Final Assessment

a. Wasting time searching for answers
b. Rethinking a plan
c. Correcting mistakes
d. All of the above
a. Emphasize good listening skills
b. Create challenges for the mentee that may be too difficult to complete
c. Demonstrate empathy with the mentee with the challenges faced throughout the innovation process
d. Guide the mentee to reflect on the innovation process afterwards
a. School librarians teach inquiry skills and technology skills that young innovators need to be successful
b. School librarians foster the imagination, curiosity, and creativity of their students through storytelling and information problem solving activities
c. With often rigid schedules, school librarians put a priority on just-in-case learning, rather than just-in-time learning.
d. School libraries often have the resources required to create innovation spaces for students to express their creativity and innovative ideas
a. facilitators, active participants
b. sages, students
c. authority figures, passive receivers
d. None of the above
a. Writing lesson plans
b. Leadership
c. Coaching
d. Interpersonal
a. Motivates
b. Inspires
c. Supports learning and developing
d. All of the above
a. Identify what the mentee is going to learn
b. Debrief what the mentee took away from the experience
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. Personal satisfaction, opportunity to share wisdom, and reaffirmation of your approach
b. Expanded perspectives, new ideas and insights, and a strengthening of interpersonal skills
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. Appropriate “short cuts”
b. Productivity strategies
c. Tips for effective time management
d. All of the above
a. Approachable and Reflective
b. Respect and Good listener
c. Empathy and Positive role model
d. Reflective and Good listener
a. Intend to listen, Concentrate, Interrupt for clarification, Maintain eye contact
b. Concentrate, Check for understanding, Repeat often, Use memory aids
c. Intend to listen, Concentrate, Check for understanding, Use memory aids
d. Concentrate, Interrupt for clarification, Repeat often, Maintain eye contact
a. True, emotions need to be the priority, even before learning.
b. False, while a relationship is important, mentor's should avoid addressing issues other than learning
c. False, a mentor should be sensitive to their mentee's feelings without those feelings undermining the mentee's learning.
d. False, the mentoring relationship should concentrate solely on learning
a. When you don't agree with your mentee.
b. When you are afraid you will forget your point.
c. When you want to show your mentee they are wrong.
d. All of the above.
a. Ignore stress
b. Cut corners
c. Experience quicker learning
d. Need less encouragement
a. Groups of young innovators are taught together
b. Young innovators do not have adult mentors in school or at home
c. There is more than one school librarian at a school
d. The district hosts an annual invention convention
a. Driven by the mentor’s teaching needs
b. A trusting, safe relationship
c. Future-oriented
d. Centered on learning
a. Lack of skilled, committed mentors
b. Excessive time spent with the same person
c. Lack of trust
d. Untested assumptions
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. Development of a meaningful relationship
b. Personal satisfaction
c. Affirmation of flaws in his/her mentoring approach
d. Strengthening of mentoring, leadership, and interpersonal skills
a. Use “but” instead of “and”
b. Be specific and descriptive
c. Don’t be judgmental or defensive
d. Be respectful of different perspectives
a. Counseling
b. Mentoring
c. Teaching
d. Coaching
a. Share your own stories or something unique and interesting about yourself
b. Allow the mentee to rely on your ideas and advice rather than their own
c. Find areas of common ground where you share points of interest
d. Ask your mentee about a time when they had to face a similar challenge or difficulty and what they did to handle it
a. Growth and development
b. Knowledge and thinking
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. Centered on learning
b. Focused on growth and development
c. Future-oriented
d. All of the above
a. Support, tests, feedback, and opportunities to develop an innovative vision
b. Support, tests, feedback, and opportunities to present their learning
c. Support, challenges, feedback, and opportunities to develop an innovative vision
d. Support, challenges, feedback, and opportunities to present their learning
a. It helps your mentee complete their work.
b. You are building a deep trusting bond with your mentee.
c. It creates a good impression for outside viewers.
d. You can avoid conflict with your mentee.
a. Be established as part of the school’s or library’s vision
b. Be determined by the mentee’s parents
c. Be utilized uniformly across each mentoring relationship
d. Be determined through collaboration between the mentor and mentee
a. Learning, trust-based, partnership, goal-focused, and development
b. Trust-based, individuality, goal-focused, and development
c. Partnership, project-focused, development, and learning
d. Trust-based, individuality, project-focused, learning and development
a. Brainstorming an "elevator pitch"
b. Playing Devil's advocate
c. Watching an inspiring young innovator clip
d. All of the above
a. Restating what has been said before responding.
b. Interrupting the speaker before they are finished.
c. Watching for body language and other indicators of mood.
d. Seeking clarification when something is unclear.

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The Innovation Destination

 

The Innovation Destination was designed and evaluated by a team from the Center for Digital Literacy at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University and developed by Data Momentum Inc, in partnership with the Connecticut Invention Convention, By Kids for Kids, New York On Tech, and over 70 school librarians and young innovators.

This site has been serving the youth invention community from 2015 - present.