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






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






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






4. Using many different note taking styles.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Time devoted to school - labs - studying - work - commuting - and other activities involving the immediate and long-term goals you have committed to accomplishing.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






22. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






24. 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.






25. Innovative - flexible - spontaneous - creative - and idealistic. Creators are risk takers; they love drama - style - and imaginative design. They like fresh ideas and are passionate about their work. The key word for them is experience.






26. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






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






28. Using many different note taking styles.






29. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






31. 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






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






33. To restate in different words; to summarize; clarifying what you just heard - such as writing a summary of the key points and main ideas.






34. Professional and peer staff who help you in planning general education and answers many questions - helps you register - and instructs you about deadlines and other important information.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.