Pathways To Academic & Professional Success – Flashcards

1. Accept personal responsiblity 2. Discover self-motivation 3. Master self-management 4. Employ Independence 5. Gain self-awareness 6. Adopt lifelong learning 7. Develop emotional intelligence 8. Believe in themselves

1. Seeing themselves as victims 2. Have difficulty sustaining motivation 3. seldom identify specific actions needed to accomplish a desired outcome 4. Are solitary 5. Make important choices unconsiously 6. Resist learning new ideas and skills 7. Live at the mercy of strong emotions 8. Doubt their competence and personal value

is staying on course to your desired outcomes and experiences.

is to realize the incredible po-tential with which each of us is born. All of our experiences, especially those during college, can contribute to the creation of our best selves.

1. WISE CHOICES; positive beliefs lead to effective behavior & effective behaviors lead to success. 2. FREE WRITTING; students who write open thoughts in journals can see what they are doing right and wrong and to help motivate them on what to change and what not too. 3. ASSESS YOURSELF; take self assessments of yourself to see where you stand as a person on what to change and what to keep the same.

1999, by Hicham El Guerrouj (of Moracco) 3:43.13

by the can do/ can't do belief! Students with a positive "can-do" attitude are more likely to pass verses a student with a negative "cant do" attitude who believes they are destined to fail.

1. Copy the directions for each step into your journal ( just the bold print) 2. Be spontaneous 3. Be honest 4. Be creative 5. Dive deep (page 5 textbook)

a Danish psychologist & anthropologist. Believes culture is "the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from another". meaning- what makes people different, isnt just the physical characteristics you can see but as well as cultural programming. (customs and beliefs learned from families, friends, schools, and religions)

food, fashions, language, gestures, games, art, music, and holidays.

Shared belief, attitudes, norms, rules, opinions, expectations, and taboos of a group of people.

the collection of surface- and deep- level customs and be-liefs that get passed on from generation to generation. Each culture provides " approved" choices at significant, and even insignificant, forks in the road. Culture tells us, " This choice is normal and that one is strange." Or, " This choice is right and that one is wrong."

is the upset and stress we experience when confronted with different beliefs from other cultures other then our own while we think our way of belief is right and theirs is wrong. EXAMPLE OF SURFACE CULTURE SHOCK: 1. When a group of american students dine with a group of chinese students serving bbq dog. The american student is discusted that they would eat pets and the chinese that is normal. EXAMPLE OF DEEP CULTURE SHOCK: 1. When a saudi arabian guy keeps interupting an american guy while trying to explain a problem. An american unwritten rule is to wait until the person is done speaking until they start speaking. Saudi arabian guy it is normal to interupt while talking.

Being curious about what, where, when, why?

weighs about weighs about 3lbs and is compossed of trillions of cells.(100 billion cells being neutrons) The human brain has the largest area of uncommited cortex (no particular required function) of any species on earth. This gives humans extraordinary flexibility and capacity for learning. In other words, if you want learning to stick, you need to create strong neural networks. In this way, learning literally changes the structure of your brain. Robert Jacobs and his colleagues determined that graduate students actually had 40 percent more neural connections than those of high school dropouts.

When learning experiences occur, some neurons send out electric activity. The activity causes nearby neurons to fire together which causes, "neutral network".

the author of "how the brain learns". "Eventu-ally, repeated firing of the pattern binds the neurons together so that if one fires, they all fire, ultimately forming a new memory trace."

create as many neural connections in your brain as possible.

Become an active learner; 1. PRIOR LEARNING; connecting what you know now to previous stored information you have learned. (Taking what you have learned before to help what you are learning now but instead of using the same learning stratagie, choose a new, more effective stragetie to help your memore stick better, making a stronger foundation for learning) 2. QUALITY OF PROCESSING; How you study, effects the strength of your neural networks and quality of your learning. Use effective memorization techniques. Use DEEP PROCESSING techniques. The more ways you deep process new learning, the stronger your neural network becomes. When you actively study any information or skill using numerous and varied deep-processing strategies, you create and strengthen related neural networks and your learning soars. 3. QUANITY OF PROCESSING; how long and often you engage in various deep processing has a huge impact on remembering information. The longer period of time you study the more effective it is to remember all the information in long term memory verses a short term of studying only relys in the short term memory. This factor is often called "time on task," and the most effective approach is distributed practice. The human brain learns best when learning efforts are distributed over time.

is about 30 hours per week of studying.

*TO SUM IT UP* 1. Prior Learning. Relate new information to previ- ously learned information. 2. Quality of Processing. Use numerous and varied deep-processing strategies. 3. Quantity of Processing. Use frequent practice ses- sions of sufficient length distributed over time. (different tasks in as many different ways as possible to make your memory stick)

(No specific order) 1. Collect 2. Organize 3. Reherse 4. Evaluate

1. COLLECT; We are constantly collecting perceptions through our 5 senses; sight, smell, taste, touch, and sounds. Some disappear and some remain there without even realizing it. 2. ORGANIZE; Once information is collected we need to make sense of it. You need to organize information so that it makes sense to you. 3. REHERSE; Once we collect & organize our knowledge, we need to remember it for future use. Practicing (rehersing) strengthens neural networks and makes the information stick in your brain, making it easier to remember the information your learning. 4. EVALUATE; Testing yourself or being tested to make sure your answers are correct and your obsorbing the correct information your learning.

Skills required to get you hired, the bare essentials needed.

Required skills plus potential skills applied to be promoted or become a higher position in your career.

A report called, Secretarys Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, published in 1992. It is a report that sets a foundation of skills and workplace competencies that employers consider essential for work-world success, and the report's timeless recommendations continue to be a valuable source of information for employers and employees alike. The report calls for employees to develop the same soft skills that employers include in job descriptions, look for in reference letters, probe for in job interviews, and assess in evaluations of their workforce.

1. taking responsiblity 2. making effective decisions 3. setting goals 4. managing time 5. prioritizing tasks 6. perserving 7. giving strong efforts 8. working well in teams 9. communicating effectively 10. having empathy 11. knowing how to learn 12. exhibiting self-control 13. believing in ones own self-worth

is called, "The Critical Skills Required of the Canadian Work Force", it was by Employability Skills Profile: created by the conference board of Canada.

Believing in ones self can do something and not letting anything interfere is a straight and narrow road to success.

What you believe on one's self. ex. I am _____? If you believe negatively one oneself it's harder to motivate oneself and reach success, just feeling down and saying forget it. Believing fully in oneself with flaws and all, success is soon to follow.

says; successful people accept the things they cannot change, have the courage to change the things they can change, and possess the wisdom to know the difference.

1. Read your college catalogue 2. See your advisor 3. Understand prerequisites ( a course that must be completed before you complete another course.) 4.Complete your general education requirements. 5. Choose a major wisely 6. Take a realistic course load 7. Attend the first day of class (on time) 8. Sit in each classroom where you can focus on learning 9. Study the syllubus 10. Buy required textbooks & supplies asap 11. Introduce yourself to one or more classmates and exchange phone numbers and email addresses. 12. Inform your instructor before a planned absense 13. If you arrive late, slip in quietly 14. Ask questions 15. To hold a long term conversation with your instructor, make an appointment during their office hours. 16. Get involved with campus life 17. Know the importance of your grade point average (GPA) 18. Know how to compute your grade point average 19. If you stop attending class, withdraw officially 20. Talk to your instructor before withdrawing 21. Keep a file of important documents 22. WHAT NOT TO DO: . Don't pack up your books or put on your coat until the class is over. • After an absence, don't ask your instructor, "Did I miss anything?" (Of course you did.) • Don't wear headphones during class. • Don't let a cell phone disturb the class. • Don't side-talk with a classmate while the in- structor or another student is talking to the class. • Don't read or send text messages during class. • Don't make distracting noises in class (e.g., clicking pen, popping gum, drumming fingers, and so on).

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neural connections

BECOME AN ACTIVE LEARNER

create, strengthen

"time on task", distributed practice

the inability to remember in fall-term classes what they learned during the previous school year.