3617119168 | Accepts personal responsibility | Seeing yourself as the primary cause of your outcomes and experiences | 0 | |
3617120663 | Self-Motivation | Finding purpose in your life by discovering personally meaningful goals and dreams | 1 | |
3617120664 | Interdependence | builds mutually supportive relationships that help them achieve their goals and dreams (while helping others do the same) | 2 | |
3617123244 | Self-Awareness | consciously employing behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes to keep yourself on course | 3 | |
3617123245 | Lifelong learning | finding valuable lessons and wisdom in nearly every experience you have | 4 | |
3617126385 | emotional intelligence | effectively managing your emotions in support of your goals and dreams | 5 | |
3617128241 | diversity | the state or fact of differentness or unlikeness | 6 | |
3617128242 | solitary | seldom rejecting or even rejecting offers of assistance from those that could help | 7 | |
3617129388 | spontaneous | unplanned, without effort or premedidation | 8 | |
3617131104 | unconsciously | without awareness, sensation or cognition | 9 | |
3617132303 | competency | possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification or capacity | 10 | |
3617132304 | Probation | a trial period or condition of students in certain educational institutions who are being permitted to redeem failures, misconduct,etc. | 11 | |
3617134848 | surface culture | cultural values that can be perceived with our five senses: examples- food, fashion, language, gestures, games, art, music, holidays | 12 | |
3617134849 | deep culture | shared beliefs, attitudes, norms, rules, opinions, expectations, and taboos of a group of people | 13 | |
3617135793 | culture shock | the clashing of two different cultural systems or values | 14 | |
3617137233 | neural network | electrical activity in the brain that connects neurons that are firing together to create long term memory | 15 | |
3617137234 | active learner | the act of combining prior learning, quality information processing, and time on task to new information experiences | 16 | |
3617138717 | c o r e learning | Collect organize rehearse evaluate strategy for learning | 17 | |
3617140546 | core values | beliefs that form the inner compass that guides our choices | 18 | |
3617140547 | prerequisite | something that is required to be completed prior to doing a new task or activity | 19 | |
3617141877 | major | focused area of study in a college program | 20 | |
3617148360 | syllabus | a handout that contains the course objectives, required books, assignments and dates, and method for determining grades in an educational course | 21 | |
3617148361 | withdraw | to formally drop a registered course from one's schedule of classes | 22 | |
3617149454 | creator mindset | a collection of beliefs and attitudes that causes people to see multiple options and make wise choices that will lead to personal achievement | 23 | |
3617151212 | internal locus of control | the belief that you control your own destiny | 24 | |
3617151214 | choice | the critical moment of decision between a stimulus and a response | 25 | |
3617152082 | inner critic | an internal voice that judges us as inadequate | 26 | |
3617154205 | wise choice ?s | what is my present situation? how would i like my situation to be? what are my possible choices? What is the likely outcome of each choice? which choice will i commit to? when and how will I evaluate my plan? | 27 | |
3617154206 | stinkin' thinkin' | irrational beliefs: thinking not based on reality but on our negative beliefs about ourself and the rest of the world | 28 | |
3617155502 | stereotype threat | a generalization about the members of a particular group causing a reaction of anxiety or fear resulting in a self-fulfilling prophecy of doom and failure | 29 | |
3617157920 | sq3R | survey question read recite review | 30 | |
3617157921 | PQRST | preview question read self-recitation test | 31 | |
3617158999 | key concept | main idea of a passage or reading selection | 32 | |
3617162154 | secondary idea | topic sentence elaborating on the main ideasupporting details | 33 | |
3617163562 | supporting details | examples, evidence, explanations and experiences further defining an idea or concept | 34 | |
3617164417 | context clues | information given within a sentence that help you to make educated guesses about unfamiliar words | 35 | |
3617165916 | formula for motivation | V x E = M Value x Expectation = motivation | 36 | |
3617167596 | professional mobility | the flexibility to move into multiple positions related to a career field or area of interest | 37 | |
3617169621 | goal setting strategy: DAPPS | Dated- set a deadline Achievable- realistic Personal- your own Positive- focused on doing Specific-outcome specific and measurable | 38 | |
3617173401 | visualization | imaging or "Picturing" yourself as successfully reaching a desired goal or outcome | 39 | |
3617173402 | steps for visualization | relax use present tense use all five senses- how does it feel, smell, look, sound? feel the feelings- feeling the excitement of the achievement desired | 40 | |
3617176362 | Personal affirmation | a statement in which we claim desired qualities as we already have them in abundance | 41 | |
3617176363 | outline | the process of note taking to create a linear graphic representation of the presentation order and importance for information | 42 | |
3617177501 | concept map | a graphic representation of the relationship between ideas, secondary ideas and supporting details. Maps may have a spider-like appearance | 43 | |
3617179049 | importance | how critical the completion of a task is considered to be in achieving the desired outcome | 44 | |
3617179050 | urgency | how immediately something needs to be addressed in order to meet a desired deadline | 45 | |
3617180112 | quadrant I actions | actions that are important and require immediate and urgent response | 46 | |
3617182026 | quadrant II actions | actions that are important to do but are not urgent in nature | 47 | |
3617182027 | quadrant III actions | actions that are not important but may be urgent because of a deadline | 48 | |
3617182740 | quadrant Iv actions | actions that are not important and are not urgent- time wasters | 49 | |
3617184458 | tracking form | document that allows you to coordinate and repeat actions directed toward a common goal | 50 | |
3617184460 | waiting-for list | actions that are waiting on a response or action from someone else | 51 | |
3617185837 | project folder | a folder to organize your work and activities for an assignment | 52 | |
3617187693 | persistent | continued and sustained effort made to achieve a desired outcome | 53 | |
3617187694 | commitment | engagement or involvement in a plan to lead to a desired outcome | 54 | |
3617188590 | focus | concentration on a desired goal or outcome - free of distraction | 55 | |
3617190688 | talent | innate ability or skill | 56 | |
3617190719 | condense | shortened version of information presented that holds the key concepts and ideas | 57 | |
3617191769 | graphic organizer | a visual representation of a concept or idea a visual representation of the relationship between a group of words or ideas a diagram or drawing representing a though or idea | 58 | |
3617193830 | cornell study sheet | a graphic organizer process for note taking that uses three columns column 1 - copies of study materials already made such as concept maps and outlines column 2- questions you have about column a column 3- summaries | 59 | |
3617193831 | individualistic cultures | place value of "me" needs and wants over benefit of others independence highly valued | 60 | |
3617194995 | collectivistic cultures | "we/us" focused where interdependence is highly valued | 61 | |
3617196555 | obstacles | people, events, or circumstances that get in the way of achieving a desired outcome or goal | 62 | |
3617196556 | microaggressions | brief slights or insults that send demeaning messages to members of minority groups | 63 | |
3617197545 | placating | to pacify someone by making concessions or conciliatory actions. not really "agreeing" but going along with something passively. | 64 | |
3617199358 | assertiveness | honestly expressing one's opinions and requests | 65 | |
3617199359 | leveling | asserting the truth as you see it | 66 | |
3617200100 | acrostics | a series of lines or verses in which when the first letter of the first word is used, spells out another word- s o d a s i.e.)s- state the problem o- look at options d- look at disadvantages a- look at advantages s- select one | 67 | |
3617202640 | accronyms | a word made from the first letter of another word used to help you remember ie) DAPPS d- dated a-achievable p-personal p-positive s-specific | 68 | |
3617203883 | associations | the act of associating a new idea or word with something you already know in order to remember it i.e.) professor betty's name is associated with the civil war and gettysburg address as a way to remember it | 69 | |
3617205093 | loci technique | associating items you want to remember with specific places for example- a colander is associated with the cupboard and cans of fruit to be drained helps you remember it is a kitchen item that is used to drain liquid from solids | 70 | |
3617207056 | unconscious forces | experiences from our past that linger in our sub-conscious mind and influence our daily choices | 71 | |
3617207057 | script | "directions" in our mind that tell us how to think, feel, and behave. two parts: thought patterns and emotional patterns | 72 | |
3617208270 | attributions | qualities that tell us who we "are" or "should be" typically told to us by significant adults in our earlier life | 73 | |
3617209390 | injunctions | qualities that tell us what we are not or should not be typically told to us y significant adults in our earlier years | 74 | |
3617209391 | realistic personality | prefer activities involving objects, tools and machines | 75 | |
3617210635 | investigative personality | prefer activities that involve abstract problem solving and exploration of physical, biological and cultural phenomena for the purpose of understanding and control | 76 | |
3617212240 | artistic personality | prefer activities involving self-expression, using words and ideas or materials to create art forms or concepts | 77 | |
3617212241 | social personality | prefer activities involving interaction with other people to inform, train, develop, help or enlighten them. | 78 | |
3617213149 | enterprising personality | prefer activities involving the persuasion and management of others to attain organizational goals or economic gain | 79 | |
3617214913 | conventional personality | prefer activities involving the application of dat to bring order out of confusion and develop a prescribed plan. | 80 | |
3617214914 | habit | behavior that has been repeated so often that it becomes automatic in response to a stimuli or event | 81 | |
3617215877 | intention | mental determination of an action or a result | 82 | |
3617217393 | essay | a test form that requires a thorough written explanation for a response to questions asked | 83 | |
3617217394 | accommodations | practices that allow a person with a disability to access learning or information and provide response. it does not result in changes to the content of learning. | 84 | |
3617218330 | feedback | information provided in response to a specific task or product in order to improve it or praise its quality | 85 | |
3617224411 | fixed mindset | believe people are born with a fixed amount of talent or ability cannot be influenced or changed by education or training | 86 | |
3617224412 | growth mindset | believe people are capable of learning and improving skills and view the brain as a "muscle" that can be exercised and improved | 87 | |
3617225696 | learning goals | goals that provide opportunities for knowledge and skills that can be used for the rest of your life | 88 | |
3617227384 | performance goals | goals that provide a measurable outcome or accomplishment | 89 | |
3617228709 | logical | based on evidence and reason | 90 | |
3617228710 | probing questions | questions used to expose the hidden truth by identifying unsound reasons, flawed evidence, and faulty consequences | 91 | |
3617231195 | integrity | soundness of moral and ethical skills, honesty | 92 | |
3617231196 | persuasive | used to influence or change an opinion | 93 | |
3617232383 | transitions | a bridge between two ideas or events | 94 | |
3617234055 | incubate | to allow an idea to develop or form | 95 | |
3617234056 | citation | a formal way to document reference information used when writing | 96 | |
3617235321 | anger | a secondary emotion resulting from disappointment, anxiety, or frustration that typically results in impulsive and aggressive behaviors | 97 | |
3617237068 | pessimistic | a tendency to expect a bad outcome or disappointment | 98 | |
3617237069 | attitude | tendency or orientation of the mind, the "approach" you use to perceive an event | 99 | |
3617238374 | flow states | periods of time in which one is totally absorbed by what is being done with no thought for oneself. Results in a distorted sense of time (time passes very quickly when doing something you love to do) | 100 |
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