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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. 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.






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






3. How you feel about yourself.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Deliberately putting off tasks.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Using many different note taking styles.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






50. Using many different note taking styles.