Chapters 1 & 2 ( Getting Started & Learning Preferences )
Han is a strong auditory learner. Which teaching strategy would best suit Han's learning preference?
Having small groups where students share information.
When writing a college term paper, what are students expected to do?
Follow assignment directions.
Increased Workload
A challenge students face as they adjust to college.
Habit
A regular pattern of behavior.
Transferable Skill
An ability that is useful in any job or career area.
How can an engineering major motivate himself to learn the material in what he considers a boring health course?
Apply nutrition habits to his own life.
Just before class, Christopher's daughter becomes sick. She stays home alone during Christopher's college course. What should Christopher do in case she has an emergency?
Ask the instructor before class for permission to leave his phone on vibrate.
Juan wants to find a summer internship. Where can Juan look for information about available internships?
Career Services.
What is a service often provided by student services?
Child Care.
A strong visual learner has to listen to a 20-minute audio speech in class. She decides to create a chart of the information while she listens. What is the most significant benefit of this action?
Converting information to a visual format.
Ben, a visual learner, has an average of 80% in history. Currently, he records the lectures. Which study strategy would be most likely to help Ben improve his grade?
Create a time line that relates to the material.
What is one effect of a student believing that he or she will always have the same level of intelligence?
Fear of failure.
Peter attends school part time. To save money, he lives with his parents and helps them run the family store. Lately, he is frustrated because he feels like he spends all of his time at the store. What is the root of Peter's problem?
Peter needs more balance with other areas of his life.
Academic Advisor
Provides help choosing courses and scheduling.
Sveta forgot to write the due date of her paper on her calendar. What should Sveta do?
Read the class syllabus.
Jim's instructor has asked students to learn information on a website. How can Jim, a strong auditory learner, best achieve this goal?
Read the information aloud, record it, and play it back.
Which office handles adding and dropping courses?
Registrar.
Ricki did poorly in her first English course. If she believes she will always have the same level of intelligence, which response is Ricki most likely to have?
She will avoid taking English courses in the future.
What is one effect of believing in one's ability to grow as a student ?
Students are more motivated to persist.
What is one effect of accepting responsibility for learning?
Students increase in self-respect.
In college, students are free to choose their educational path, who to socialize with, and how much effort to put into their studies. Which option is the most likely effect of this freedom?
Students must solve their own problems.
Angel is the first member of her family to attend college. She lives with her parents to save money, but feels a tension growing at home. What can Angel do to solve this problem?
Talk about interesting facts she learns.
Knowledge Work
Tasks that are primarily concerned with information rather than manual labor.
Kendall, a strong kinesthetic student, has a choice of two projects related to a story that his class is reading. One project involves creating a PowerPoint about the story. The other project involves creating a short play about the story. Which project would best suit Kendall's strengths and why?
The play, because he can physically engage with the material.
True / False About College | Project deadlines are provided on the course syllabus
True
True / False | A student that has an internal motivation for pursuing higher education is going to believe their interests are researching and learning new things.
True.
True / False | Compared to high school is more outside reading required for college.
True.
True / False | Instructors collecting daily homework applies to high school rather than college
True.
True / False | The resource best for a student that wants tutoring services would be academic resources.
True.
Noah's self-assessment shows that he has trouble understanding science. However, his school requires at least two science courses to graduate. What should Noah do to adjust for his weakness?
Work with a tutor.
