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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






6. The inner drive that moves you to action.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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. 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. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. The inner drive that moves you to action.






28. Deliberately putting off tasks.






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






30. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. How you feel about yourself.






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