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Educational Opportunity Program
Residential Bridge Program 2009
Pre-Assessment
 
Student Information
* Required Fields
First Name *
Middle Name
Last Name *
Suffix (Jr./II/etc.)
CSUN ID (no dashes)
High School *

This is the first of two surveys that will be part of this year's EOP BRIDGE experience. Please answer the questions to the best of your ability. Some of the questions require short answers. Many are rated on a scale; select the response that is the most appropriate at this time. (Please note: Don't leave anything blank. Select "Don't Know" if the question or answer does not apply to you or your experience.
 
1) What made you decide to participate?*

2) What do you expect to get from Bridge?*

3a) What kinds of books do you like to read?*

3b) How much reading did you do in your senior year in high school? *

4) How would you rate your reading skills?*

5) About how many papers did you have to write in your senior year in high school? *

6) What kinds of papers did you have to write? *

If "other", what kind of papers:

7a) How would you rate your writing skills? *

7b) In what area of writing do you feel you need the most work and why? *

8a) How would you rate your grammar skills? *

8b) In what area of grammar do you feel you need the most work and why? *

9a) Did you study grammar in middle school? *

9b) Did you study grammar in high school? *

10) Describe your experience with the study of grammar: *

11a) Approximately how many oral presentations did you have to do your senior year in high school? *

11b) How would you rate your speaking (oral presentation) skills? *

11c) How do you feel about speaking in front of others? *

12a) We are interested in your familiarity with computers. Select the answer that best describes your experience or feelings. Check only one answer per statement and don't leave any blank! *

I know how to type: *

I have experience using computers: *

I've worked with a word processing program: *

I've used the Internet: *

I've used e-mail: *

I'm comfortable working with a computer: *

12b) Comments about your answers to question 12a: *

13a) We're interested in learning about your library experience and skills. Select the answer that best applies: *

My high school had a good library: *

I used my high school library a lot: *

I have a public library card: *

I use the public library a lot: *

I am comfortable asking a reference librarian for assistance: *

I am comfortable using the on-line catalog: *

13b) Comments on your answers to question 13a *

14) Did you prepare for the English Placement Test (EPT)? *

If yes, how did you prepare? Please describe in detail:

15a) We are interested in your responses to questions of culture - please select the answer that is the most appropriate to you at this time: *

How much do you know about your own culture? *

How interested are you in learning more about your own culture? *

How much do you know about other cultures? *

How interested are you in learning more about other cultures? *

15b) How true are the following two statements? *

I currently have friends outside my own cultural racial group. *

My family supports intercultural/interracial friendships. *

16) If someone asked you to label yourself culturally or racially, what would your response be? Write a brief paragraph explaining why: *
17) What is the primary language spoken in your home? *
18) What is the secondary language spoken in your home? *
19) In what language are you most comfortable writing? *

20) We plan to make you familiar and comfortable with the following tools and situations at the university. How familiar and/or comfortable are you with them right now? *

A class syllabus: *

Use of Blue books: *

Research using computerized catalog: *

Research using internet: *

Classroom communication with professor: *

Communicating with professor outside of classroom: *

21) We plan to help you learn strategies for optimum participation in the classroom. What best describes how much you know about or whether you do these things? *

Notetaking skills: *

Outlining: *

Asking questions: *

Study skills: *

Time management skills: *

22) Please rate how comfortable you are with math: *

23) Now rate your skills in each of the following math areas: *

Arithmetic: *

Algebra: *

Geometry: *

Math analysis: *

Trigonometry: *

Calculus: *

24) What kinds of group work did you do in high school? Briefly describe the nature of the assignment and how the group worked together: *

25) How important do you consider group work (and learning to work with others) to be? *

Briefly explain your answer: *

26) What kinds of peer pressure did you experience in high school and how did you deal with these pressures? *

27) If you had to describe what EOP is and what it does to a friend or family member what would you say? *

28) Is there anything else you would like to address at this time?

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