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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. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






2. How you feel about yourself.






3. You are fully focused with the intent on understanding the speaker. It is a consuming activity that requires physical and mental attention - energy - concentration - and discipline.






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






5. 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






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






7. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.






8. 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






9. 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.






10. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






11. 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.






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






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






14. The time that is yours to use as you please. You want to use this time for the things you value most in life. These important items include relationships with family and friends; service to the community; intellectual development; and activities that






15. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.






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






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






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






19. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.






20. Tends to be cooperative - honest - sensitive - warm - and understanding. They relate well to others. They value harmony and are informal - approachable - and tactful. The key word for them is feeling.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.






27. Tends to be cooperative - honest - sensitive - warm - and understanding. They relate well to others. They value harmony and are informal - approachable - and tactful. The key word for them is feeling.






28. 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






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






30. Using many different note taking styles.






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






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






33. 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.






34. Uses Roman numerals and capital letters to outline headings - main topics - and points - and supporting points are highlighted with lowercase letters and numbers.






35. Using your imagination to see your goals clearly and to envision yourself successfully engaging in new - positive behavior.






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






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






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






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






40. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






41. Using your imagination to see your goals clearly and to envision yourself successfully engaging in new - positive behavior.






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






43. Energized by time alone - solitude - and relfection - preferring the world of ideas and thoughts. They tend to have a small but close set of friends and are more prone to self-doubt.






44. Tends to be logical - thoughtful - loyal - exact - dedicated - steady - and organized. They like following directions and work at a steady pace. The key word for them is thinking.






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






46. Tends to be logical - thoughtful - loyal - exact - dedicated - steady - and organized. They like following directions and work at a steady pace. The key word for them is thinking.






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






48. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.






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






50. 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