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






2. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






3. 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






4. The inner drive that moves you to action.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. Deliberately putting off tasks.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






49. Using many different note taking styles.






50. 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.







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