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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. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. The inner drive that moves you to action.






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






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






41. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






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






44. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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






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






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