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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. 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.






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. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. Using many different note taking styles.






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






22. 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.






23. How you feel about yourself.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Deliberately putting off tasks.






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






34. 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






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






36. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Deliberately putting off tasks.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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







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