Coll success Final 22

Question 1

What is a syllabus?

Answer 1

a document that has information about a specific academic course or class and defines its expectations and responsibilities.

Question 2

What information is contained in a typical syllabus?

Answer 2

• Grades
• Expectations/rules
• Description of course/subject in detail
• Professor information (email, office hours, etc.)
• Attendance
• Consequences (academic dishonesty)

Question 3

What services does Advising resource provide?

Answer 3

• planning and clarifying academic plans and goals.
• provide accurate information on a career path
• gives the advice to aid in academic plans

Question 4

What services does Counseling provide?

Answer 4

• help students manage obstacles that threaten their academic, career and life goals.
• Such as self-awareness to make better career decisions, improve time management, organization, and study skills.
• Also helping students develop effective communication skills and learn self-responsibility is an important part of the process.
• And as well as mental health and alcohol and drug dependency issues.

Question 5

What services does Student Engagement and Leadership provide?

Answer 5

• Student Government Association
• Student clubs and organizations
• Leadership development
• Civic engagement and volunteerism
• Recreational activities
• Social events

Question 6

What services does Financial aid provide?

Answer 6

• help you find the financial assistance you need to attend college
• have information on grants, scholarships, work-study programs, and, if needed, loans
• help you meet deadlines and resolve any financial issues you might encounter while you’re in college.

Question 7

What is GRIT?

Answer 7

The will to preserve and improve through setbacks.

Question 8

What is the relationship between a growth mindset and GRIT?

Answer 8

The relationship between a growth mindset and grit is that…they both promote resilience and improvements from setbacks through learning.

Question 9

What are Metacognitive Reading Strategies?

Answer 9

• Planning how to read while thinking about text with focus and understanding.
• 25 good reading strategies

Question 10

What are the steps of the Study Cycle?

Answer 10

1. Preview material before class and notes
2. Attend class (take notes, ask questions)
3. Review after class (fill in missing gaps in notes)
4. Study (have intense study hours to understand and remember the material well)
5. Access your learning and understanding of the material (ask yourself: can I teach this to others?)

Question 11

What are the steps of the Intense Study Sessions that are part of the Study Cycle?

Answer 11

1. Set a goal (1-2 minutes)
2. Study with focus (30-50 minutes)
3. Reward yourself /Break (10-15 minutes)
4. Review over (5 minutes)

Question 12

What is growth mindset?

Answer 12

Believe that intelligence is potential through learning by being aware of it.

Question 13

What is the Intelligent Practice Formula?

Answer 13

Effort + Good Strategies + Help from others = Intelligence Practice (success).

Question 14

Who is ultimately responsible for your learning?

Answer 14

You, yourself the student.

Question 15

What is a fixed mindset?

Answer 15

Believing that intelligence is “fixed” and has a certain amount of it.

Question 16

What is Metacognition?

Answer 16

The ability to think about your thinking.

Question 17

How does learning best occur? (a/p?)

Answer 17

Active learning because it engages students to learn and lasts more in memory than “passive” learning.

Question 18

What are the most important principles of college success?

Answer 18

• Active involvement
• Utilization of campus resources
• Social interaction/collaboration
• Self-reflection

Question 19

How can praise impact a student’s mindset?

Answer 19

Praise causes students to be obsessed and worried about their intelligence while thinking that what makes them valuable and causes them to develop a fixed mindset (thinking intelligence is something you are already “born” with and can’t change).