Final Assessment

a. The process of mentoring
b. The outcome of mentoring
c. The purpose of mentoring
d. All of the above
a. Creating a clearly described connection to the learning by the instructor or mentor
b. Collaborating with the mentee’s classroom teacher to tie in learning standards and the general curriculum
c. Pointing out how many choices the mentee has during the process by identifying a personally-relevant problem to solve
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. Always answer questions to the best of your ability, even if you don’t know the answer
b. Make it about them.
c. Let your mentee know how they are doing
d. When giving feedback, start on a positive note
a. Growth and development
b. Knowledge and thinking
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
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. Wasting time searching for answers
b. Rethinking a plan
c. Correcting mistakes
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. Show your frustration to garner results.
b. Find a way to communicate your message without showing your feelings.
c. Skip the session and move on.
d. Give your mentee the answers to continue more easily.
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. Take risks
b. Pursue new ideas
c. Accept defeat
d. Ask questions and explore
a. Martins and Terblanche
b. Tony Wagner
c. Lois Zachary
d. A group of mentor-librarians
a. Remembering
b. Understanding
c. Analyzing
d. Applying
a. Beginning, development, and product
b. Beginning, middle, and end
c. Purpose, process, and product
d. Origin, development, and result
a. Pursue one idea at a time
b. Develop the capability, confidence and competence to explore
c. Take risks
d. Develop a willingness to fail and learn from failure
a. Take charge and tell your mentee what they should do.
b. Be fully present and give your undivided attention.
c. Show appreciation and demonstrate basic civility.
d. Fulfill your promises and commitments.
a. Every mentee trusts in the same way, at the same speed
b. You do not need to trust the mentee for them to trust you
c. Trust must be continuously worked at
d. A mentoring relationship does not require trust
a. Limit conversations to pre-determined meeting spaces
b. Ask probing questions instead of telling or assuming meaning
c. Use your time well
d. Check in and check things out
a. Mentors and mentees identify learning goals individually right from the start and review them throughout the mentoring relationship.
b. Mentors and mentees identify learning goals collaboratively right from the start and review them throughout the mentoring relationship.
c. Mentors and mentees identify learning goals collaboratively right from the start and review them at the end of the mentoring relationship.
d. Mentors and mentees identify learning goals individually right from the start and review them at the end of the mentoring relationship.
a. The innovator must seek a market for the new product or service
b. The innovation must be accepted or adopted by others as a result of active dissemination
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. In person meetings
b. Skype calls
c. Email
d. All of the above
a. Concentrate on concepts the mentee has already learned
b. Consist of clear, concise directions from the mentor
c. Take place during pre-determined sets of time
d. Be transparent and based on trust
a. Provide feedback to your mentee
b. Take any concerns you may have to the mentee’s parents or teacher first
c. Treat mentoring as a reflective practice
d. Share what you are learning from the mentoring relationship
a. Learning something in case you might need it sometime.
b. Learning something about telling time.
c. Learning something just at the time you need it.
d. Learning something that you might not ever use.
a. Brainstorm process skills to be used
b. Be able to narrow ideas
c. Be able to evaluate resources used
d. All of the above
a. Unreasonable amount of work assigned
b. Failure to build and work at strengthening a relationship
c. Unclear goals
d. Lack of or poor use of time
a. True, the Inquiry Process Model is a cyclical model where the learner can enter the process at any point based on prior learning.
b. True, the Inquiry Process Model is a linear model where the learner can enter the process at any point based on prior learning.
c. False, the Inquiry Process Model is a linear model where the learner must enter the process from the beginning, regardless of prior learning.
d. False, the Inquiry Process Model is a cyclical model where the learner must enter the process from the beginning, regardless of prior learning.
a. Hard work
b. Innovation
c. External awards or rewards
d. Presentation skills
a. Stress and pitfalls
b. Needing a safety net
c. Solutions and strategies to identified problems
d. Finding a role model
a. Focuses on career issues and providing emotional support
b. Focuses on boosting performance
c. Focuses on development intangibles
d. None of the above

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