Who Are They?
The Class of 2020 Students
Student Data:
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Appalachian State Student Data Class of 2020
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Largest & most diverse class in Appalachian history!
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ECAR Student Technology Use, 2016
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Beloit College Class of 2020 Mindset List
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Mindset List
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Theoretical Background:
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Kegan's (1994) Constructive-Developmental Model (simplified)
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Baxter Magolda's Epistemological Reflection Mode
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College Student Development Theory: A Summary
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Strauss & Howe - Generational Theory
College Students:
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You Don't Know Your Students - Young, J. (podcast & print)
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Anti-Intellectualism & the 'Dumbing Down' of America - Williams, R
What is Learning:
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Learning is....
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How Much Can Cheildren Teach Themselves - Sugata Mitra
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Can Schools Exist in the Cloud? - Sugata Mitra
Beloit College Mindset Class of 2020 List (McBride, Nief & Westerberg, 2016)
Copyright© 2016 Beloit College ~ Mindset List is a registered trademark
Since they arrived on this planet….
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There has always been a digital swap meet called eBay.
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Grandpa has always been able to reach for the Celebrex.
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They never heard Harry Caray try to sing during the seventh inning at Wrigley Field.
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There have always been Cadillac Escalades, but they just don't seem to be all that into cars.
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West Nile has always been a virus found in the U.S.
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Vladimir Putin has always been calling the shots at the Kremlin.
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The Sandy Hook tragedy is their Columbine.
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Cloning has always been a mundane laboratory procedure.
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Elian Gonzalez, who would like to visit the U.S. again someday, has always been back in Cuba.
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The United States has always been at war.
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Euros have always been the coin of the realm...well, at least part of the realm.
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Serena Williams has always been winning Grand Slam singles titles.
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SpongeBob SquarePants has always lived at Bikini Bottom.
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The Ali/Frazier boxing match for their generation was between the daughters of Muhammad and Joe.
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They have never had to watch or listen to programs at a scheduled time.
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James P. Hoffa has always been president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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Surprise: There has always been sex in the city.
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John Hinckley has always been able to get out of the hospital to go for a walk.
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Each year they've been alive the U.S. population has grown by more than one million Latinos.
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TV ads for casinos have always been permitted to mention that there is actually gambling going on in there.
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Vaccines have always been erroneously linked to autism.
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Laws against on-the-job harassment have always applied to parties of the same sex.
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Even as the national mood gets glummer, there has always been an annual prize for the most humorous American.
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Catholics and Lutherans have always been in agreement on how to get to heaven.
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To greet them with some cheery news, when they were born, India and Pakistan became nuclear powers.
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If you want to reach them, you’d better send a text—emails are oft ignored.
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They disagree with their parents as to which was the “first” Star Wars episode.
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“Nanny cams” have always been available to check up on the babysitter.
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NFL coaches have always had the opportunity to throw a red flag and question the ref.
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Bada Bing – Tony and Carmela Soprano and the gang have always been part of American culture.
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They have no memory of Bob Dole promoting Viagra.
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Books have always been read to you on audible.com.
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Citizens have always been able to register to vote when they get their driver’s license.
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Bluetooth has always been keeping us wireless and synchronized.
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X-rays have always been digital allowing them to be read immediately.
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Exxon and Mobil have been one company—and it doesn’t own any gas stations.
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They have always eaten irradiated food.
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A Bush and a Clinton have always been campaigning for something big.
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Physicians have always had unions.
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Some have always questioned the sexual orientation of certain Teletubbies.
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Snowboarding has always been an Olympic sport.
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Students have always questioned where and by whom their sweatshirts are made.
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While chads were hanging in Florida, they were potty training in all 50 states.
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Presidents have always been denied line item veto power.
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Nigeria has always been a constitutional republic with a civilian government.
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The once-feared Thalidomide has always been recognized as a cancer fighting drug.
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DreamWorks has always been making animated creatures heroic and loveable.
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Deceased men have always been able to procreate.
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John Elway and Wayne Gretzky have always been retired.
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They have never seen billboard ads for cigarettes.
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The New York Stock Exchange has never reported its ups and downs in fractions.
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Airline tickets have always been purchased online.
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There have always been iMacs on desks.
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Instant, tray-less ice cubes have never been a novelty.
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Robots have always been surgical partners in the O.R.
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Peregrine falcons have never been on the endangered species list.
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Outstanding women basketball players have always had their own Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.
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Newt who?
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War films have always shown horrific battle scenes inspired by Saving Private Ryan.
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Michael J. Fox has always spoken publicly about having Parkinson's disease.