GEN 480 Reflective Research Paper (Final Paper) Instructions:
Using the ETS test, the FOCUS assessment, and your career plan, gather sources and write a 6 page APA paper (not including the title or reference pages) that analyzes your competencies as a graduate and working professional.
· You will utilize the results/scores of the ETS test that was due week 4. You will also utilize the FOCUS assessment from week 5. You need to ponder these results and question their relevancy, importance, and relationship to your success.
· The ETS test results will tell help you analyze your strengths and weaknesses in several general studies areas. You will integrate the test results and FOCUS assessment results into your paper (and presentation) as you reflect on your past, present, and future career plan as it relates to your skill set, goals, and ambitions.
· First, discuss what you have done in your past. Summarize all of the jobs you have had in the past and reflect on your previous job satisfaction. Also include your previous education, training, military experience or other specialized experience, and cultural background. Explain how these roles helped shape your experiences and cu
ent goals.
· Second, discuss what your career plan was (if you have already had a full career) and/or what your career plan is now. This is an explanation of where you are going in your career and in your life and what steps are needed to get there. For this part, you should also use the FOCUS assessment. Reflect on the results and how those results align or do not align with your career plan and/or personality.
· Third, discuss your ETS test experience and how the test results relate to your past jobs or future career plans and reflect your academic experience. Insert your scores into the chart provided below (cut and paste this directly into your paper). Consider your strengths and weaknesses in light of your career goals and successes. How accurate do you consider the test results? What might these results mean for you?
· Throughout the paper, please include scholarly articles and other credible resources that help you relate your results and jobs into describing you and your goals. For example: If taking the ETS results show that my strengths are in English, and the FOCUS shows that I am good in counseling and I have had jobs in marketing and counseling, I need to describe where I have been and where I am in my career path based on those assessments. I also need to research articles that show, for example, my career path based on my interests and the cu
ent job market.
· Finally, summarize your experience and education and explore your career path (or lifelong learning goals) going forward. Provide a summary reflection of your academic and professional skills and your feelings about the path you are on. If you plan to continue your education in graduate school, or if you desire to change careers, how do the ETS results factor into that plan? How confident and prepared are you for the next chapter of your life?
Chart to cut and paste into your paper (complete all of the yellow boxes):
Total Score
400 to 500
Skill Dimension Subscores
100 to 130
Context-based Subscores
100 to 130
Critical Thinking
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Proficiency Classifications
P=Proficient, M=Marginal, N=Not proficient
Reading and Critical Thinking
Writing
Mathematics
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Example of a completed chart:
ETS® Proficiency Profile
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Individual Student Score Report
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Scores For:Â Â Jean Luc Coulidiati Test Date:Â Â 8/5/2018
I.D. Number:Â Â W XXXXXXXXXXÂ Form Code:Â Â 4BMA5-STC
Institution:Â Â Wilmington University Cohort Name:Â Â CAS495 SUII 2018
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Total Score
400 to 500
Skill Dimension Subscores
100 to 130
Context-based Subscores
100 to 130
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Thinking
Reading Writing Mathematics Humanities Social
Sciences
Natural
Sciences
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Proficiency Classifications
P = Proficient; M = Marginal; N = Not proficient
Reading and Critical
Thinking
Writing Mathematics
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The ETS® Proficiency Profile test is designed to measure college students’ skills in reading and critical thinking,
writing, and mathematics.
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The reading and critical thinking questions test your ability to read carefully and think critically about issues
and arguments from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. They are not intended to test specific
content knowledge in these fields. All the information needed to answer these questions is presented in the test.
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The reading questions test your ability to interpret the meaning of key terms, recognize the primary purpose of
a passage, recognize explicitly presented information, make appropriate inferences, and recognize rhetorical
devices.
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The critical thinking questions test your ability to recognize assumptions, recognize the best hypothesis to
account for information presented, recognize flaws and inconsistencies in arguments, and draw valid
conclusions from information presented.
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The writing questions test your ability to recognize the most grammatically co
ect revision of a sentence,
organize a short piece of writing, and recognize e
ors in grammar and usage.
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The mathematics questions test your ability to interpret mathematical terms, interpret tables and graphs,
evaluate formulas, compare numbers expressed in different ways, interpret ratios, proportions, and
percentages, and recognize equivalent mathematical formulas or expressions.
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For a more detailed description of the skills tested at each proficiency level, go to www.ets.org and click on
ETS® Proficiency Profile.
Palou
Student/ Worke
I was born in Burkina Faso in 1985, I am cu
ently enrolled in school and
about to get my bachelor's degree in General Studies. I am ambitious and
eady to give myself to a company that would like to accept me in thei
family.
Philadelphia
Experience
Parkway representative (Patroller)
Parkway Corporation
October XXXXXXXXXXAugust 2017
Assisting locations managers on their everyday duties. Reporting to the managers any matters faced in thei
locations. Completing audits in different locations. Issuing citations. Assisting customers when necessary.
Intern Bank Agent
Atlantic Bank
October XXXXXXXXXXDecember 2010
Opening and closing accounts. Assisting customers. Creating files for customers that need loans.
Education
Bachelor in General Studies
Wilmington University
2014 - Cu
ently
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Camden County College
Fe
uary XXXXXXXXXXAugust 2013
I took English classes as Communications, Writing, Reading, Listening.
Bachelor in Marketing and Communication
ISIG
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Graduated by writing an exposing a 250 pages document on Tourism in Burkina Faso.
High School diploma
Youth High School
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Professional Technician in Marketing and Business Management
ISIG
09/ XXXXXXXXXX/2010
Business Management
Bachelor in Management Science
ISIG
09/ XXXXXXXXXX/2011
Marketing and Communication
Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Critical thinking
Creative
Team work
Career Goals
My short term goal is obtaining a management position where I can begin to develop my management skill
set.
My long term career goal is to be the Chief Operating Officer for an innovative Marketing and Management
company.
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