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College Success Skills Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A logical - rational - systematic thought process that is necessary in understanding - analyzing - and evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.
critical thinking
supporters
attentive listening
kinesthetic learner
2. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.
maintenance time
visualization
networking
judgers
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
motivation
affirmation
advising center
discretionary time
4. Deliberately putting off tasks.
traditional student
procrastination
introvert
feelers
5. 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
80/20 Rule
judgers
right brain dominant
academic advisor
6. 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
reframing
discretionary time
creators
note taking
7. How you feel about yourself.
visualization
professional advisor
networking
self esteem
8. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.
motivation
networking
traditional student
evaluators
9. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.
visual learner
emotional intelligence
formal outlines
ethics
10. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.
note taking
intuitive
critical thinking
attentive listening
11. 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.
nontraditional student
left brain dominant
note taking
divergent thinkers
12. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
self esteem
ethics
kinesthetic learner
learning disability
13. 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.
learning disability
left brain dominant
introvert
note taking
14. 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.
convergent thinkers
nontraditional student
Combination Note Taking System
emotional intelligence
15. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.
emotional intelligence
intuitive
kinesthetic learner
mentor
16. Using many different note taking styles.
learning disability
evaluators
Combination Note Taking System
reframing
17. Likes variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovation. They tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.
left brain dominant
right brain dominant
nontraditional student
mentor
18. 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
paraphrase
mentor
motivation
Combination Note Taking System
19. To restate in different words; to summarize; clarifying what you just heard - such as writing a summary of the key points and main ideas.
Cornell System of Note Taking
paraphrase
note taking
nontraditional student
20. Using many different note taking styles.
perceivers
mentor
evaluators
Combination Note Taking System
21. 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.
paraphrase
mentor
supporters
adult learning cycle
22. 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.
note taking
evaluators
reframing
informal outlines
23. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.
visual learner
right brain dominant
ethics
80/20 Rule
24. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.
advising center
SCANS
thinkers
maturity
25. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.
auditory learner
mentor
motivation
maturity
26. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.
note taking
kinesthetic learner
extrovert
feelers
27. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.
formal outlines
directors
emotional intelligence
judgers
28. To restate in different words; to summarize; clarifying what you just heard - such as writing a summary of the key points and main ideas.
critical thinking
paraphrase
academic advisor
advising center
29. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.
perceivers
affirmation
traditional student
maintenance time
30. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.
advising center
directors
plagiarism
perceivers
31. Dyslexia - ADHD; under the Americans with Disabilities Act - colleges are legally obligated to provide services and resources for students with disabilities.
convergent thinkers
learning disability
intuitive
introvert
32. 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.
maturity
learning disability
intuitive
committed time
33. Dyslexia - ADHD; under the Americans with Disabilities Act - colleges are legally obligated to provide services and resources for students with disabilities.
academic advisor
learning disability
judgers
feelers
34. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.
attentive listening
procrastination
critical thinking
nontraditional student
35. 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.
visual learner
affirmation
professional advisor
academic advisor
36. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.
visual learner
attentive listening
paraphrase
motivation
37. 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.
creators
learning disability
analyzers
plagiarism
38. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.
plagiarism
self esteem
emotional intelligence
supporters
39. Learns best from their senses and feels comfortable with facts and concrete data. They like to organize information systematically.
SCANS
divergent thinkers
feelers
sensors
40. Deliberately putting off tasks.
supporters
procrastination
introvert
auditory learner
41. 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.
judgers
judgers
reflection
advising center
42. 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.
introvert
nontraditional student
Cornell System of Note Taking
reframing
43. The inner drive that moves you to action.
SCANS
motivation
networking
extrovert
44. Prefers flexibility and spontaneity and like to allow life to unfold.
extrovert
maintenance time
perceivers
mentor
45. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
formal outlines
ethics
directors
left brain dominant
46. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.
visual learner
extrovert
convergent thinkers
professional advisor
47. 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
mentor
sensors
academic advisor
advising center
48. Likes variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovation. They tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.
visualization
right brain dominant
reframing
professional advisor
49. Learns best from their senses and feels comfortable with facts and concrete data. They like to organize information systematically.
motivation
sensors
maturity
judgers
50. Time devoted to school - labs - studying - work - commuting - and other activities involving the immediate and long-term goals you have committed to accomplishing.
formal outlines
right brain dominant
committed time
extrovert