Mentor Skills
The ability to listen without judgment and offer supportive feedback
What is active listening?
This level of Bloom’s Taxonomy involves using acquired knowledge in a new or practical situation, such as solving problems or applying concepts to real-world scenarios.
What is Applying?
This type of feedback, central to a growth mindset, encourages people to focus on effort and improvement, rather than innate talent or abilities.
What is constructive feedback?
This method is often used for lectures, it divides the page into sections: one for notes, one for keywords, and one for summaries
The ability to recover from academic setbacks and continue working toward success is known as
What is resilience?
Setting realistic expectations and goals for the mentee is known as:
What is goal-setting?
The ability to make judgments based on criteria and standards, such as evaluating arguments or data, belongs to this level of Bloom's Taxonomy
What is evaluating?
People with a growth mindset are more likely to see challenges as opportunities for learning rather than as roadblocks. This helps them develop this important mental quality.
What is adaptability?
This visual note-taking technique helps you organize key points, relationships, and examples in a diagrammatic format
What is mind mapping?
This service offered by the AAC provides one-on-one support to help the student set academic goals, develop time management strategies, and improve their study habits
What is academic coaching?
This type of questioning allows a mentor to encourage deeper thought and challenge the mentee's assumptions without providing direct answers
What is open-ended questioning?
At this level, students must generate novel solutions or original ideas by integrating knowledge from multiple sources.
What is creating?
This mindset, coined by psychologist Carol Dweck, is characterized by the belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work.
What is the growth mindset?
Before starting a test, students should do this to allocate time for different sections of the exam
The AAC provides workshops to teach students this skills, which include techniques of academic resilience, and note and test-taking strategies.
What are workshops?
This mentoring method involves asking the mentee to summarize key takeaways after a discussion to ensure they have absorbed and understand the content
What is active recall?
This level focuses on comparing, organizing, and deconstructing ideas to draw conclusions
What is analyzing?
This quality, often associated with grit, refers to the ability to keep pursuing long-term goals despite setbacks, obstacles, or failures.
What is perseverance?
This structured approach, provided by the AAC helps students prepare for exams by spreading out review sessions and active recall over multiple days, focusing on specific material each day
What is the 5-day study plan?
The AAC's group mentoring program for student who want additional support to boost their academic performance is known as
What is UConn Connects/ the UConn Connects Program?
Effective mentors model this skill, which involves balancing advising with allowing mentees to explore their solutions
What is coaching vs. directing?
At this level of Bloom’s Taxonomy, learners demonstrate comprehension of the material by explaining ideas, summarizing concepts, or interpreting information.
What is Understanding?
This mindset emphasizes the importance of passion and perseverance for long-term goals, encouraging individuals to keep going despite obstacles and setbacks.
What is a grit mindset?
This five-step reading comprehension method stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review and helps students better understand and retain textbook material.
What is SQ3R?
This term refers to the minimum GPA requirement that students must maintain to stay in good academic at UConn, which is typically set at a 2.0
What is the academic standing requirement?