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






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






3. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. How you feel about yourself.






14. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Deliberately putting off tasks.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. Using many different note taking styles.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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. The inner drive that moves you to action.






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. 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







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