An examplar assessment task

1. My Personal Profile
Part A (Self-Assessment quizzes)
Career Cluster Interest Quiz
A. My Top Career Clusters
 Health Sciences
To pursue a job in this field, one should have an aptitude to serve the community and society. People in this field collect data of health disorders and diseases, analyse the data, make research to find out methods of cure, provide diagnostic services, provide therapeutic and surgical treatments. They make general public aware of new diseases and disorders and guide them how to protect themselves from such infections and health issues and maintain proper hygiene. This field also includes biotechnological research and many allied subjects of study known as Para Medical subjects
 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics .
This cluster deals with the area of Scientific Research and Development, Earth Sciences, Gadget making, Information Technology, Communications Technology, Electronics, Study of Space and Launching Satellites, Aero Space Design, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Laboratory and testing services and Application of Mathematical Models in Space Research and Economic Development and many more areas allied to the above.
 Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
It is a very important career cluster because if anyone pursues his/her goal in this area then he/she would directly or indirectly manage the food resources for his/her country’s population. People who profess in this field deal with the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of Agricultural Commodities, Fisheries, Live Stock and Horticulture and other resources including Forest Products, Fibre, Wood Product and other Natural Resources.
B. My Desired Occupations
Among the three clusters, I like “Health Sciences” the most. In addition, I can find qualities of a doctor in myself. I have an ambition to become an Ophthalmologist but still certain jobs, like Stem Cell Specialist, Research Scientist and Laboratory Supervisor, intrigued me more than any other jobs in the job list which matches my occupation.

2. Ability Quiz
A. My Top Abilities
 Finger Dexterity
Finger dexterity is the ability to use fingers for manipulating small things rapidly and with precision.
 Numerical Ability
People who excel in numerical ability are good at arithmetic calculations and its practical application.
 Spatial Perception
Spatial Perception is the ability to sense the size, shape, movement, and orientation of objects.
B. Three Occupations of my Interest
 Surgeon
 General Practitioner or Family Physician
 Physicist
Data, People and Things Quiz
A. Methods through which I possess the Work Skills
o Working with Data and Information
Synthesizing/Co-ordinating/Analyzing
o Working with People
Mentoring/Negotiating
o Working with Things
Setting up/Precision working
B. Three Occupations of my Interest
 Surgeon
 Physicist
 General Practitioner or Family physician

3. Work Preference Quiz
A. Top Three Preferred Methods
 Innovative
 Methodical
 Social
B. Definitions of the Preferred Methods
 Innovative
A person is called Innovative when he/she does things in new ways, takes up challenges and deals with situations having consequences beyond the expectations. The person usually enjoys scientific subjects.
 Methodical
Methodical persons work as per the rules and with organization. They prefer working under the direction or supervision of others, or to be guided by established policies and procedures. In addition, they don’t like to keep works pending and are inclined to work systematically.
 Social
People who like dealing with others, enjoy caring for and assisting others in identifying their needs and solving their concerns are called Social. They like working and co- operating with others and prefer to be involved in work that requires interpersonal contact. They are also involved in community development.
C. Three occupations of interest that fit with my results:
 Naturopath
 Chiropractor
 Graphic Designer
Work Values Quiz
A. Among my top nine Work Values, the best three work Values.
 Achievement
As I think, if we excel in the field we profess then we would have greater amount of knowledge about the things in that field. As a result, it could help in more production and faster completion of a job.
 Creativity
If a person is creative then he/she can easily find out alternatives to do a piece of work. Furthermore, the work could even be unique. Hence, I consider Creativity as an important work value.

4.  Research Work
Since the very beginning of the world, Research Work has been playing a major role in our development. If there would be more Research Work then there could be more Inventions and Discoveries which help us in many ways and in every aspect of our life. Therefore, Research Work is an important work value.
Multiple Intelligence Quiz
A. My top Intelligence types
 Logical Intelligence
If we are number smart, i.e. being good at mathematics and other numerical activities, we are also good at solving problems. Then this intelligence is called being Logical smart.
 Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Many of us are picture smart. They are good at arts and also good at other activities associated with pictures like map reading, finding your way out of mazes and graphs. This kind of people are called visually or spatially intelligent.
 Naturalistic
We are Naturalistic when we like the world of plants and animals and enjoy learning about them. This is also considered as a type of intelligence.
B. What are Multiple Intelligences?
Researchers have claimed that our intelligence or ability to understand the world around us is complex. The intellect of a person can be similar to others or can even differ. For instance, a group of people may find it easy to understand the growth of a plant but it might be hard to play a musical instrument for some of them while others can play it without any difficulty.
Seeing, Hearing and Doing (Learning Styles) Quiz
A. Quiz Results
In this quiz I was rewarded a percentage based upon the level of perception through each learning style.
 Auditory: 30%
 Visual: 40%
 Tactile: 30%

5. B. Learning Style Descriptions
 Auditory
If we are auditory learners, we learn by hearing and listening. We can easily understand and remember things we have heard. We store information by the way it sounds, and have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones. We often learn by reading out loud because we have to hear it or speak it in order to know it.
 Visual
If we are visual learners, we learn by reading or seeing pictures. We understand and remember things by sight. We can visualise what we are learning in our head, and we learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. We like to see what we are learning.
 Tactile
If we are a tactile learner, we learn by touching and doing. We understand and remember things through physical movement. We are a "hands-on" learner who prefers to touch, move, build, or draw what we learn, and we tend to learn better when some type of physical activity is involved. We need to be active and take frequent breaks, we often communicate with our hands and with gestures, and we may have difficulty sitting still.
Workplace Skills/Traits Quiz
A. Strengths
 Work Survival
[34 out of a maximum of 36 (94%)]
The day-to-day skills which assist in promoting effective production and work satisfaction.
 Research & Planning
[32 out of a maximum of 36 (89%)]
The search for specific knowledge and the ability to conceptualize future needs and solutions for meeting those needs.
 Organization, Management, & Leadership
[29 out of a maximum of 36 (81%)]
The ability to supervise, direct and guide individuals and groups in the completion of tasks and fulfillment of goals.

6. B. Areas I need to work on
 Communication
[28 out of a maximum of 39 (72%)]
The skillful expression, transmission and interpretation of knowledge and ideas.
 Human Relations
[31 out of a maximum of 39 (79%)]
The use of interpersonal skills for resolving conflict, relating to and helping people.

7. PART B (Personal Profile Concept Map)
PART C – Reflection
Health Sciences
 People in this cluster field collect data of health disorders and diseases, make research to find out methods of cure, provide diagnostic services, provide therapeutic and surgical treatments. They make general public aware of how to protect themselves from infections and maintain proper hygiene. This field also includes biotechnological research and many allied i.e. Para Medical subjects
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics .
 This cluster deals with the area of Scientific Research and Development, Earth Sciences, Information Technology, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Laboratory and testing services and Application of Mathematical Models in Space Research and Economic Development
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
 It is a very important career cluster because people in this field deal with the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of Agricultural Commodities, Fisheries, Live Stock and Horticulture and other natural resources including Forest Products, Fibre and Wood Product .
 Finger Dexterity: Finger dexterity is the ability to use fingers for manipulating small things rapidly and with precision. For example, I can draw things accurately and manipulating small circuits easily.
 Numerical Ability: People who excel in numerical ability are good at arithmetic calculations and its practical application. For example, I can predict due change accurately while working with money and I consistently score good marks in maths.
 Spatial Perception: Spatial Perception is the ability to sense the size, shape, movement, and orientation of objects. For example, as I am a good Tennis player, I can show sudden reaction to a fast tennis ball, and I can sort similar looking objects out of a mixture.
Occupations which I like the most:
 Surgeon
 General Practitioner or Family Physician
 Physicist
 Stem Cell Specialist
 Research Scientist
Additional Qualities I possess:
 Community Helper
 Risk Taker
 Loves to take Initiative
My Learning styles are as follows-
Auditory: 30%
Visual: 40%
Tactile: 30%
I use these learning styles through various ways such as reading books, remembering important points in a lecture or by observing the patterns of the thing I want to learn
My Work Strengths:
 Work Survival
 Research & Planning
 Organization, Management, & Leadership
Areas I need to work on:
 Communication
 Human Relations
My top Work Values are Achievement, Creativity, Research Work, Helping others and Competition. I have considered these as my work values because I am good in Academics, Try to work out in new ways, Love to learn new things and dig deep into that topic, I can’t keep myself apart from helping my community and have competed at various levels and won prizes.
My top Intelligence types are Logical Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence, and Intrapersonal intelligence. It’s evident as I am good at many activities like solving mathematical problems, identifying patterns in designs and understanding others’ feelings.
 I work with data and information by Synthesising, Co-ordinating and Analyzing. For example, I put abstract ideas, concepts together.
 I work with people by mentoring and negotiating. For example, I can easily collaborate with others.
 Setting up and Precision working is the way I deal or work with things. For example, I love writing things in my own words.
I am Innovative, Methodical and Social as I like to build new things on my own and dig deeply into topics to solve problems, enjoy working according to prescribed methods and don’t like to keep works pending & I like to do work which involves social betterment, such as assist people when they are sick or in trouble.
JYOTIRADITYA PANDA

8. I discovered many abilities and skills within myself through the self-assessment quizzes. While there are many beyond my imagination, I even found some unexpected. After analyzing my abilities, skills, interests and aptitudes, I conclude that pursuing my higher studies in medical background would be the best decision. The image which I had of myself before taking these quizzes matched with many of the results of the quizzes. As I am good at maths, I considered myself logically intelligent and after taking the intelligence quiz it was confirmed now. Another trait ascertained is that of a visual learner. Moreover, the Work preference quiz proves that I am really innovative and methodical. But still there are some results which quite hard to agree upon. In Work preference quiz I am depicted as social but in reality I am introvert. Further, in Learning Styles quiz I am shown as 30% by Tactile, 30% by Auditory and 40% Visually but I think that I learn less than 30% through Tactile means and more than 30% through Auditory means.
Throughout the assessment quizzes I am shown as a science lover who is filled with innovative ideas and is very much creative. Additionally, I find myself continuously referred to as a logical thinker because of my excellent mathematical skills. I also find that assessment results in different parameters like Learning Skills and Multiple Intelligence quizzes indicate that I learn best through visual means and that I am a methodical person who love working as per the rules or prescribed methods and with precision, hoping the results to be accurate. Based upon my abilities and intelligence, I am advised to choose my occupation from the list provided by the assessment model. Some of them are Surgeon, Physicist, Journalist, Research scientist and Stem cell specialist. Among the diverse occupations, I would like to choose the occupation of a Surgeon. It is so because I have an ambition to become a notable community helper as a Doctor or Surgeon in this huge world where many people are deprived of medical facilities in many parts of the world. I have a passion to serve such people as a Doctor as I feel intensely now to help the people in Africa suffering from Ebola.
Similarly, I got variety of options while choosing a career cluster and I choose the Health Sciences cluster the most. The cluster which I would like to choose the least is that of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources even if this cluster is very important and vital for the country’s economy and sustenance of the populace as I lack the interest and aptitude for this sector. Moreover, I have intense interest, passion and aptitude to dedicate my future life and career as a doctor which dissuades me from choosing another cluster. Since my child hood I am extremely good at Science including Biology and have strong feelings for the poor suffering from diseases and getting neglected more so in some under developed countries of the world. I have a desire to serve these people and I feel the best I can help them is as a doctor. The career pathway I am focusing on is the University because I want to become a doctor which requires me to study medicine in a University.