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Automaticity Requirements for Academic Studies RECRUITMENT, TESTING, AND ADMISSION STRATEGY FOR FULL SCHOLARSHIPS [email protected]
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Automaticity Requirements for Academic Studies
RECRUITMENT, TESTING, AND ADMISSION STRATEGY FOR FULL SCHOLARSHIPS
RECRUITMENT GOALSUNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
RECRUITMENT GOALS [1/2]
To admit 250 scholars every 12 months until the university is at full capacity
RECRUITMENT GOALS [2/2]
To admit scholars who are ready to successfully complete foundation and/or undergraduate studies
ASSUMPTIONSUNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
ASSUMPTIONS [1/3]
The university provides full scholarships to impoverished or disenfranchised learners from around the world.
ASSUMPTIONS [2/3]
On-campus foundation and undergraduate studies must be completed within four years.
Online studies: six years maximum
ASSUMPTIONS [3/3]
The university chooses all lessons, materials equipment, and services to help ensure specific target completion and employment rates
10-YEAR GOALS [Scholars]YEAR SCHOLAR ADMISSIONS SCHOLAR
COMPLETION RATESSCHOLAR
EMPLOYMENT RATES01 250 Running Total 40% -
02 250 500 45% -
03 250 750 50% -
04 250 1,000 55% 30%
05 250 1,250 60% 35%
06 250 1,500 65% 40%
07 250 1,750 70% 45%
08 250 2,000 75% 50%
09 250 2,250 80% 55%
10 250 3,000 85% 60%Year 11 Total 3,000 90% 65%
At year seven (7), the university prepares the next set of 10-year goals for scholars, faculty, and staff.
RECRUITMENT STRATEGY: 1. PRE-ADMISSION STAGE
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
PRE-ADMISSION AUTOMATICITY [1/2]
Automaticity of basic knowledge can help ensure that:• Foundation studies can be
mastered in 12 months or less• Undergraduate studies can be
mastered in 36 months or less
PRE-ADMISSION AUTOMATICITY [1/2]
Pre-tests of automaticity of basic knowledge can• Help applicants prepare for
academic studies• Establish quality parameters for
admission• Identify levels of academic ability
KNOWLEGE REQUIREMENTSThe three types of knowledge: • Data (information) • Skills (motor, mental, emotional)• Attitudes (values, goals)
AUTOMATICITY REQUIREMENTS [1/3]
Automaticity is defined as the ability to produce or reproduce knowledge • With confidence • With accuracy• Within seconds
AUTOMATICITY REQUIREMENTS [2/3]
To ensure readiness for academic studies, all applicants are required to demonstrate automaticity in three knowledge areas, in three stages:
AUTOMATICITY REQUIREMENTS [3/3]
Knowledge AreasSTAGE 1
Pre-application for Scholarship
STAGE 2Pre-admission into University
STAGE 3Pre-enrolment
into Course
Data 75% 85% 95%Skills 70% 75% 80%Attitudes 55% 65% 85%
Minimum Test Score Requirements
STAGE 1:PRE-APPLICATION TESTING
THREE-STAGE TESTING STRATEGY
1. INTERNATIONAL PRE-APPLICATION TEST (ONLINE )
2. INTERNATIONAL ADMISSION TEST & APPLICATION (TEST CENTRES)
3. COURSE ENROLMENT TEST (ONLINE OR ON-CAMPUS)
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [1/4]Once a year, scholarship announcements
& deadlines are announced • through print, radio, TV, and electronic
media, • with links to printable requirements,
and • links to off- and on-line practice tests.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [2/4]
Expressions of interests are received from applicants all year round, via email.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [3/4]
Based on number and locations of applicants, the annual testing schedules are released via individual emails.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [4/4]• The Practice Pre-application Test is open online, 24
hours a day, throughout the year.• Once a year a schedule for the International Pre-
application Test is announced. • Those who pass are qualified for the Pre-admission Test.
Knowledge AreasSTAGE 1
Pre-application for Scholarship
STAGE 2Pre-admission into University
STAGE 3Pre-enrolment
into Course
Data 75% 85% 95%
Skills 70% 75% 80%
Attitudes 55% 65% 85%
Minimum Test Score Requirements
STAGE 2:PRE-ADMISSION TESTING
THREE-STAGE TESTING STRATEGY
1. INTERNATIONAL PRE-APPLICATION TEST (ONLINE )
2. INTERNATIONAL ADMISSION TEST & APPLICATION (TEST CENTRES)
3. COURSE ENROLMENT TEST (ONLINE OR ON-CAMPUS)
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [1/4]
Based on number and location of applicants who pass the first test, the schedules for the Pre-admission Test are announced.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [2/4]
Scholarship officials travel to test centres and supervise the pre-admission test.
Those who pass are qualified for the pre-enrolment test.
An applicant can re-take this test without limits.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [3/4]
For on-campus studies, a pre-departure checklist is completed.
For those who choose to complete online studies, a two-day workshop is completed.
PRE-APPLICATION TESTING [4/4]• Those who pass the Pre-application Test are
qualified for the Pre-admission Test.• To ensure academic readiness, all applicants are
required to demonstrate automaticity in specific knowledge in three stages:
Knowledge AreasSTAGE 1
Pre-application for Scholarship
STAGE 2Pre-admission into University
STAGE 3Pre-enrolment
into Course
Data 75% 85% 95%
Skills 70% 75% 80%
Attitudes 55% 65% 75%
Minimum Test Score Requirements
STAGE 3:PRE-ENROLMENT TESTING
THREE-STAGE TESTING STRATEGY
1. INTERNATIONAL PRE-APPLICATION TEST (ONLINE )
2. INTERNATIONAL ADMISSION TEST & APPLICATION (TEST CENTRES)
3. COURSE ENROLMENT TEST (ONLINE OR ON-CAMPUS)
PRE-ENROLMENT TESTING [1/4]
Those who pass the Pre-admission Test are qualified for course enrolment.
Program admission is based on average test scores for specific data, skills, and attitudes.
PRE-ENROLMENT TESTING [2/4]
Knowledge AreasSTAGE 1
Pre-application for Scholarship
STAGE 2Pre-admission into University
STAGE 3Pre-enrolment
into Course
Data 75% 85% 95%Skills 70% 75% 80%Attitudes 55% 65% 75%
Minimum Test Score Requirements
PRE-ENROLMENT TESTING [3/4]To ensure academic success, all
students must meet automaticity requirements before enrolment in each course at any academic level: foundation, graduate, or undergraduate.
PRE-ENROLMENT TESTING [4/4]
To ensure accuracy of ability-based accreditation, all students must meet automaticity requirements before placement or promotion for each academic level.
FOUNDATION-LEVEL TESTS DATA, SKILLS, ATTITUDES
SCHOLAR RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
Automaticity Admission RequirementsDATA FOUNDATION
ITC MS Office, English Dolch Sight Words, Punctuation, IPA,
Basic Speech, Basic Writing
Modern Languages 25 Greetings, 25 Survival PhrasesNatural Sciences Basic Biology, Basic Zoology,
Basic Geography, Basic Astronomy, Basic Chemistry, Basic Geology, Basic Botany
Formal Sciences Basic Mathematics, Basic Statistics, Logical Fallacies
History Governments (Intro)
1International Phonetic Alphabet, 2Academic Word List
Dolch Sight Words
1See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolch_word_list. See Automaticity Admission Requirements [DATA] [SKILLS] [ATTITUDES].Image: thisreadingmama.com
• Includes 220 service words and 95 nouns that are high frequency, commonly-used words to be memorized for automatic recognition. These are critical to reading; many sight words cannot easily be sounded out or illustrated.
• 100% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and usage of sight words
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Punctuation
1Capitalization, space, period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, quotation marks, ellipses, slash . Image courtesy of yummyenglishforchildren.blogspot.com.
• Includes 17 names and symbols punctuation in English writing
• 100% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of names, examples, and usage of punctuation
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
International Phonetic Alphabet
1See Image courtesy of www.eflproductions.com.
• Includes 107 letters, 52 diacritics, and four prosodic marks• 100% Automaticity: Immediate &
accurate identification of IPA symbols, sounds, and examples
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Speech
1Images courtesy of www.wikihow.com, h20ho.com, karambata.myblog.it.
• Includes 4 elements: syllabication, pronunciation, stress, and elision
• 80% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate pronunciation, syllabication, stress, and elision of words of different lengths
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Writing
1See http://www.alysion.org/handy/althandwriting.htm . Images courtesy of www.southtexascollege.edu. See the Handywrite Web site .
• Includes penmanship and speedwriting• 100%
Automaticity: Fast & clear writing of words.
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Speedwriting: 100 words per minute
Poor penmanship reflects character.
Clear penmanship is easy to grade.
Basic Elements of Biology
1Image courtesy of infotopia.info.
• Includes 150 words from various fields of biology.
• 100% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of 150 words: meaning, spelling, pronunciation, and usage
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Zoology
Images courtesy of www.vocabulary.cl, www.klbo.co.ke, www.sciencekids.co.nz, and nursingcrib.com
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
• Includes parts of cells, plants, animals, insects, and microbes
• Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of basic parts of living things.
Basic Elements of Geography
1See Wikipedia.
• Includes 278 names of countries, nationalities, flags, capital cities, and currencies, by continent
• 80% Automaticity : Immediate & accurate identification of countries, nationalities, flags, capital cities, and currencies, by continent
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
59 in Africa, 61 in Asia, 55 in Europe, 48 in North America, 11 in S America, 40 in Oceania, 4 in Antarctica
Basic Elements of Geology
1See Propel, Elements Of Geography. Image courtesy of teacherexpress.scholastic.com.
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
• Includes 53 names of land forms and bodies of water
• 80% Automaticity : Immediate & accurate identification of names and examples of land forms and bodies of water
Basic Elements of Astronomy
1atmosphere, orbits, moon, sun, stars, planets, sunspots, comets, satellites; 2 tides, storms; cultures, lifestyles, communications, transportation, food production.
• Includes 20 names of celestial elements1 and 20 effects on human life on earth2
• 100% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of celestial elements and effects on human life, and vice-versa
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Chemistry
1See Dayah, Michael, www.ptable.com.
• Includes 118 chemical elements on the periodic table:
• 90% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of chemical symbols, atomic numbers, common names, and physical equivalents
• Example: Na, 11, sodium, salt
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Elements of Mathematics
1Images courtesy of mathisfun.com, www.free-math-handwriting-and-reading-worksheets.com, janaceksnews.blogspot.com, and .
• Includes 14 elements of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, & squaring
• 100% Automaticity: Immediate & accurate identification of 14 mathematical elements
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
Basic Logic & Reasoning: Fallacies
1See Fallacies, Wikipedia. Image courtesy of yourlogicalfallacyis.com, mytutor.sfasu.edu, hierarchy of disagreements
• Includes 15 formal and 22 informal fallacies• 100% Automaticity:
Immediate & accurate identification of names, examples, and usage of formal and informal fallacies
FOUNDATION
LEVEL
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