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College Success Skills Vocab

Subjects : literacy, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Dependable - self-directed - conscientious - efficient - decisive - and results-oriented. They like to be the leader of groups and respond to other people's ideas when they are logical and reasonable. Their strength is in the practical application of






2. An important self-management tool that means to think about something in a purposeful way - with the intention of making connections - exploring options - and creating new meaning.






3. A term often used in business - but it simply means enriching yourself and your opportunities by building relationships with others.






4. Choosing to see a situation in a new way.






5. Dyslexia - ADHD; under the Americans with Disabilities Act - colleges are legally obligated to provide services and resources for students with disabilities.






6. Using many different note taking styles.






7. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.






8. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






9. Prefers flexibility and spontaneity and like to allow life to unfold.






10. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.






11. Dyslexia - ADHD; under the Americans with Disabilities Act - colleges are legally obligated to provide services and resources for students with disabilities.






12. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.






13. Also called a think link - is a visual - holistic form of note taking.






14. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.






15. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.






16. Positive self-talk - the internal dialogue - you carry on with yourself that counter self-defeating patterns of thought with more positive - hopeful - and realistic thoughts.






17. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






18. Students from 18 to 25 years old - usually going from high school directly to college.






19. Likes to analyze problems with facts - rational logic - and analysis. They tend to be unemotional and use a systematic evaluation of data and facts for problem solving.






20. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.






21. How you feel about yourself.






22. Dependable - self-directed - conscientious - efficient - decisive - and results-oriented. They like to be the leader of groups and respond to other people's ideas when they are logical and reasonable. Their strength is in the practical application of






23. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.






24. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.






25. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.






26. How you feel about yourself.






27. The ability to control your impulses - to think beyond the moment - and to consider how your words and actions affect yourself and others before you act.






28. Likes routine - structure - and deadlines. They tend to be convergent thinkers because they are good at looking at several unrelated times and bringing them to order.






29. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.






30. Developed in the 1950s by Walter Pauk at Cornell. It is effective for integrating text and lecture notes.






31. Right brain dominant people like variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovations - and tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.






32. A person (such as a coach - instructor - employer - or colleague) Who is a role model and who supports your goals - takes an interest in your professional and personal development - and helps you achieve - either directly through instruction or indir






33. Developed in the 1950s by Walter Pauk at Cornell. It is effective for integrating text and lecture notes.






34. Learns best from their senses and feels comfortable with facts and concrete data. They like to organize information systematically.






35. Energized and recharged by people - tending to be outgoing and social. They tend to be optimistic and are often uncomfortable being alone.






36. Usually well coordinated - likes to touch things - and learns best by doing. They like to collect samples - write out information - spend time outdoors - and relate to the material they are learning.






37. Energized and recharged by people - tending to be outgoing and social. They tend to be optimistic and are often uncomfortable being alone.






38. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.






39. Left brain dominant people like routine - structure - and deadlines - and tend to be convergent thinkers because they are good at looking at several unrelated items and bringing order to them.






40. Choosing to see a situation in a new way.






41. A logical - rational - systematic thought process that is necessary in understanding - analyzing - and evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.






42. A free-form of note taking that shows the same headings - main points - and supporting examples and associations - but uses a system of dashes and indenting.






43. Likes variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovation. They tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.






44. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.






45. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.






46. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.






47. A term often used in business - but it simply means enriching yourself and your opportunities by building relationships with others.






48. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.






49. The person at your school who will help you to navigate academic life. Your advisor will help you clarify procedures - answer other academic concerns or questions - create a major contract - and refer you to offices on campus that can best meet your






50. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.