Academic Strategies for College Success
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Course Introduction
Academic Strategies for College Success is designed to equip students with essential skills and strategies to thrive in the university environment. The course covers topics such as effective time management, goal setting, note-taking, study techniques, critical thinking, and test-taking strategies. Emphasis is placed on self-assessment and developing personalized learning plans to enhance academic performance. Through interactive exercises and reflective activities, students gain practical tools to manage academic workloads, overcome challenges, and build confidence in their collegiate journey.
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Student Success in College Doing What Works 2nd Edition by Christine Harrington
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Chapter 1: College Expectations: Being a Critical Thinking
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Q1) What is the highest level of Bloom's taxonomy?
A) Analyzing
B) Creating
C) Applying
D) Understanding
Answer: B
Q2) What theory relates to students creating knowledge?
A) Constructivism
B) Multiple Intelligences
C) Happenstance
D) Cognitive-behavioral
Answer: A
Q3) According to Bloom's taxonomy, what is the first step toward developing high level thinking skills?
A) Memorizing
B) Discovering personal examples
C) Having the opportunity to create a product
D) Carefully evaluating information
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Skills You Need: Memory, Note Taking, and Studying Techniques
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Q1) What psychologist studied forgetting?
A) Freud
B) Skinner
C) Ebbinghaus
D) Bandura
Answer: C
Q2) It is often best to use the matrix note taking method:
A) Before you attend class
B) During class
C) After class
D) At the end of the semester
Answer: C
Q3) Examples are an excellent example of:
A) Rehearsal
B) Elaboration
C) Chunking
D) Quizzing
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Setting Effective Goals and Making the Most of Your Time
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Q1) The A in the ABCS approach stands for:
A) Aim High
B) Achieve
C) Attain
D) Always reach your goal
Answer: A
Q2) Mark has the following goal: I will do well this semester. Why is this goal ineffective?
A) It is not specific.
B) It is not realistic.
C) It does not meet any of the criteria for effective goal setting.
D) All of these statements are true.
Answer: A
Q3) What percentage of college students report that they were NOT taught how to set effective goals?
A) 20
B) 45
C) 75
D) 85
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Its Show Time: Papers, Presentations, and Tests
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Q1) According to the personalization principle, which of the following would be best to include on a Power Point slide?
A) Guessing the answer works!
B) Research has found that anticipation of the correct response is associated with increased performance on exams.
C) The best strategy for taking a multiple choice test is to anticipate the correct answer before reading the answer options.
D) All of these statements are equally effective.
Q2) Which of the following statements is true?
A) Beginning with a strong opening and engaging your audience members are important aspects of an effective presentation.
B) Humor is the most important part of an effective presentation.
C) If you are nervous, it is practically impossible to improve your presentation.
D) Skilled presenters do not need to practice because being spontaneous is important.
Q3) Describe three powerful ways to begin a presentation.
Q4) Describe the process involved with writing an effective essay response on a test
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Chapter 5: Motivation, Resilience, and Stress Management:
Strategies for When College and Life Get Challenging
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Q1) Discuss how social relationships play an important role in motivation.
Q2) Which of the following is one of the most important characteristic of rewards?
A) Personally meaningful
B) Fairly distributed
C) Significant in size
D) All of these are equally important
Q3) _________ consequences will increase the likelihood that we will continue to engage in the behavior.
A) Neutral
B) Concrete
C) Positive
D) Negative
Q4) Which of the following statements best captures someone with high academic self-efficacy?
A) I am a good person and try my best.
B) Others like me and want to help me out.
C) I believe I can get a good grade on this assignment.
D) I believe I will be successful in life.
Q6) Describe self-determination theory. Page 7
Q5) What are the benefits of having a faculty mentor?
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Chapter 6: How Are You Doing? Maximizing Learning via Self-reflection
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Q1) How much a zero impacts your grade depends on:
A) The weighting of the assignment
B) The type of assignment
C) Your professor's teaching style
D) All of these are accurate
Q2) According to research conducted by Karpicke & Blunt (2011), students
A) Overestimated the value of retrieval practice
B) Underestimated the value of retrieval practice
C) Underestimated the value of studying
D) Underestimated the value of repeated study
Q3) Self-assessing your progress toward achieving the learning outcomes for the course would be considered______ feedback:
A) Cognitive
B) Outcome
C) Both cognitive and outcome
D) Neither cognitive and outcome
Q4) How can you engage in self-regulation prior to getting grades on assignments?
Q5) Describe the key findings from the Dietz-Uhler & Lanter (2009) study.
Q7) What is attribution theory? Page 9
Q6) Why is it important to continue the self-reflection process after an exam?
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Chapter 7: Making Good Academic, Career, and Financial Decisions
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Q1) Career values are:
A) Very consistent across time
B) Can change based on life circumstances
C) Are less important than interests
D) The only self-assessment factor in career decision making
Q2) If you are focusing on whether a career will allow you to make a difference in the world, you are focusing on your:
A) Values
B) Interests
C) Personality
D) Abilities
Q3) What is the best way to build a good credit score?
A) Open several credit card accounts
B) Pay your bill on time
C) Charge at least 75% of your limit
D) All of these are good strategies
Q4) What are transferable skills? How do you develop these skills?
Q5) What is the best way to establish good credit?
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Q6) Identify at least 5 ways you can take action steps to explore your career options.