ACA 122 Final exam

What are the expectations of college students and how college is different from high school?

What are the expectations of college students and how college is different from high school?

In high school, teachers are mainly in charge of students' learning. They provide regular opportunities for students to check their understanding with graded homework, and chapter tests or quizzes. The teacher regularly reminds their students about upcoming homework, tests, quizzes, and projects. In college, learning is self-directed. College professors facilitate fewer in-class opportunities for students to check their understanding. College students do take less tests, but individual test grades count more.

what information should be included on a college syllabus?

Instructor's contact information, important class policies, and an outline of instructions

What is the importance of attendance in college?

Instructors could start teaching on the first day, you can get vital information about how the class is organized, and what expectations your teacher has for you

how do you calculate your GPA?

First, you must know the # of credit hours assigned to each class you take, and you must convert the letter grade you earn into quality points. Then multiply the credit hours by the quality points to find the total grade points

What is plagiarism and what are the consequences?

The presentation of someone else's words and/or ideas as your own. Consequences are getting kicked from your school for a certain amount of time, or getting permanently banned, and your work is destroyed too

What is financial literacy?

knowing how to create and meet your financial goals

What is a credit score and why is it important?

A number that banks and lenders use to determine how much risk they're taking in lending your money.
Good credit scores can help qualify for larger loans and lower interests rates, which is important when looking for a car, home or a small business loan. Bad credit scores cannot affect both financial and professional goals. It can also show up on a background check, limiting employment offers or professional licensure eligibility

What financial aid options are available to students?

Grants, scholarships, work study, family federal loans, and the North Carolina Community College grant and loan program

What is Satisfactory Academic Progress and how is it measured?

Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher, maintain a cumulative credit hour completion rate of 67% or higher and attempt no more than 150% of the course hours required for graduation

What is goal discernment and what are the stages? (Not finished)

The 3 stages are: Self-Assessment, Goal exploration and Goal setting

What is a Holland Code and what are the 6 personality types it identifies? Why would you need to know your Holland Code?

Widely known and well-respected personality and interest assessments. The 6 personality types are: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. These types refer to both individual personalities and workplace environments

What are the differences between visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners. What does the term "multi-modal learner" mean?

Visual learners prefer visual representations of info (charts or pictures) to help them understand new ideas.

Auditory learners prefer lecture and discussion format classes.

Kinestetic learners prefer to learn through using all of their senses and through hands-on, real world applications.

Multi-modal leaners have some combination of visual, verbal, and kinesthetic learning style preferences

What are the three phases of metacognition?

Planning, monitoring, and evaluating

What is the Occupational Outlook Handbook and what kind of information can be found there?

A reliable source of information about a wide variety of careers across the United States and is updated very 2 years.
You can find information about a career's daily job tasks, starting and average salaries, projections about the growth of the career, related fields, and links to professional organizations and other useful online resources

What kind of career information is available on CFNC.org? (See "plan for a career.")

The salary information and job projection

Explain what you would do before, during and after an informational interview.

(Before) Figure out what you want to get out of the interview. Are you interested in learning about a specific job, trends in the industry, or your interview subject's personal experiences?

(During) Arrive early to the appointed location. Start by introducing yourself, tell the person a little about yourself, including what you are hoping to learn from the informational interview. Bring up 12 questions for a 30-45 minute interview, but prioritize the questions in case the discussion runs long. During the interview record the conversation (with the interviewer's permission) or take lots of notes. Be mindful of your interview's subject's time.

(After) Transcribe your recording of the informational interview or review your notes asap, so you can fill in any holes in the conversation. Be sure to thank our interview subject for his or her time and expertise. Also, compare the results of the interview with other sources of knowledge

What are the credentials available at NC community colleges?

Associate in Applied Science (AAS), Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS), Associate in Fine Arts (AFA), Associate in Engineering (AE), and Associate in General Enducation (AGE)

What is a pre-requisite course? What is a co-requisite?

Pre-requisite courses are ones that you must successfully complete before enrolling in a higher level course.
Co-requisite course are ones that you must complete at the same time as a required course

What is the difference between credit hours and contact hours? Which is used to calculate your GPA and your tuition bill?

Credit hours are the # of ours associated with a particular class and are used to calculate your GPA.
Contact hours are the # of hours you spend in class each week and are used to calculate your tuition bill

What is the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement? What is a bilateral agreement? What are the similarities and differences between the two?

The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement is a North Carolina law that states that all community college courses that are designated as transferable will transfer to all public North Carolina universities and to private colleges that have signed on to the agreement.
A bilateral agreement are transfer agreements between a specific university and a specific community college.

To which colleges can students transfer under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement? What kinds of classes transfer (and what kind do not transfer)? (finish later)

All public universities and private colleges.
UGETC, general education and pre-major/elective courses are transferable.

What is the Transfer Assured Admissions policy?

It states that students who earn the AA or AS degree are guaranteed admission to 1 university in the UNC system, though not necessarily to the school of the student's choice

List and describe effective goal setting strategies.

1.) Reflect on the self-assessment stage of goal discernment. Write goals that reflect your interests, personality, and values.
2.) Incorporate our knowledge from the goal exploration stage of goal discernment. Use what you learned from your research to make your goals as specific as possible.
3.) Write down your goals. Consider posting them where you will see them and be reminded of where you are going.
4.) Use "I will..." statements. Begin your goal statements with these very important words, you give your goals he power to motivate you.
5.) Prioritize your goals. Organize your goals into short-term goals and long-term goals.
6.) Write performance goals, and not outcome goals. As you think about your academic and professional goals, consider how much control you have.
7.) Anticipate objects. If you set a goal that you never accomplish, then you should use the experience as an opportunity to learn more about yourself.

What are SMART goals? Know what each letter stands for and be able to evaluate an example goal using these criteria.

SMART goals are specific and measurable, attainable and time-bound, and realistic goals.
S-Specific (you are more likely to do the work required to achieve a specific goal), M-measurable (establish a way to determine whether or not you achieve your goals), A-attainable (make sure it is possible to achieve the goal) , R-realistic (more specifically, make sure it is possible for you as an individual to achieve the goal) , and T-time-bound (establish a deadline, so you can know when to evaluate whether or not you have achieved your goal and to create a sense of urgency)

What is an academic course plan and why is it important to have one?

A chronological and individualized list of the courses you plan to take to earn your specific credential.
It is useful to help you synthesize all of the information you learned about yourself, your program, and our future career.

Students should be familiar with the following college resources (what they offer and where they are located):
Advising
Career and Employment Resources
Disability Support Services
ILC
Library
Scavenger Hunt questions are also fair game for the exam.

Adivsing- building B, NB 225. offers advisers to each student to help them set their academic goals, select courses, answer questions about their program of study and ensure students are ready for registration.
Career and Employment resources- building D, ND 439. Offers faculty and employer resources.
Disability Support Services- Building NF, 333. "Who may, due to documented physical, psychological, or learning disabilities, require accommodations for equal access to college facilities, academic programs, and other activities"
ILC- building F, NF 448. provides Wake Tech students with the tools they need to develop as successful, independent learners.
Library- building F, NF 240. Offers computers, books, personal study room for groups, and work spaces.

How can you effectively utilize a to-do list? (think about the prioritization matrix)

Using the prioritize matrix, you would complete urgent and important activities first then items on your to-do list you labeled important but not urgent. Then you will complete urgent items and then those items that are neither urgent nor important

What is the difference between a to-do list and a planner?

A to-do list is a list of activities or tasks you need to complete, often during a specific period of time (a day or a week) or for a specific project.
A planner is much more specific than a to-do list because you select a precise time or date the task on the t-do list.

What is distributed practice and why is it important?

Using a planner effectively by dividing large assignments into smaller tasks, which are completed over time. It is an effective strategy for time management and for study.

Why do people procrastinate? What can you do to overcome procrastination?

Overwhelmed by the size of the assignment, unclear about the expectations, unsure how to being, or uninterested in the work. Ask yourself "What am I avoiding?"

What strategies can you utilize before you take a test to insure success?

Consult with a counselor to help you find strategies, reduce the potential for last minute studying, plan your behaviors for test day, arrive early, and review your notes for any questions the instructor posed during classed

Explain some general strategies to use during the test.

As soon as you are allowed to being, immediately write down anything you will most likely forget, survey the test, consider the type of questions your are answering, and carefully and clearly mark your answers

How can you avoid running out of time on a test?

Use the two-pass method. On the first pass work straight through the test, from the beginning to the last question. When you are stumped on a question quickly put down an answer. On the second pass look back your test and look at the questions you marked as uncertain answers

Identify specific strategies for approaching multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short answer, matching, and essay questions.

Multiple choice-Cover up your answers so you won't be swayed by them, then read the question and annotate its important parts, formulate your own answer to the the question, and finally uncover the answer choices and sue the process of elimination (POE)

True/false- If one part of the statement is false then the rest is false, and if the statement has the word "always" then it is most likely true

Fill in the blank- Think back to bolded words in the book, term the instructor wrote on the board or terms repeated by your instructor.

Short Answer- Do your best to be exact and concise with your answers.

Essay questions- read the question carefully and circle any verbs in the essay so that you'll understand your assigned task

What are the expectations of college reading assignments? (In other words, what does the instructor mean when he/she tells you to read something?)

Learn the material in case of a quiz, be prepared to discuss it in the next class lecture, make notes on stuff you do not understand

What is active reading and why is it important?

It forces you to interact with the presented ideas through annotating, or taking notes while you read. It makes you write notes, requires you to ask questions, compare new knowledge with your past knowledge and experiences, and note your reactions and judgments

What does PSAR stand for?

Prepare, Survey, Annotate, and Review

How should one prepare for reading?

Make sure you are ready to learn and have set realistic expectations. Set an intention (be specific on how much you want read in a certain amount of time), and estimate your reading time efficiently

Explain what it means to survey a reading assignment.

Getting an idea of what you are going to read by looking at the table of contents, chapter headings, and subheadings

What is annotation and why is it important? How does one annotate?

Annotating is taking notes while reading. Students' biggest problem with reading isn't that they cannot comprehend the material, it's that they don't think enough

When should you take notes while in class and what should you make note of (SOARS)?

When the instructor writes notes on the board. During class write down an information that SOARS above the rest. Anything that is Singled out, On the board, Asked, Repeated, or Stressed

What are the most effective ways to take notes before, during and after class?

(Before) Be physically prepared, sit where you will not be distracted, separate your notes for each class, and review your notes from previous class and annotations.
(During) Avoid distractions, only consider whats SOARS, consider the layout of your notes, and abbreviate common words or phrases to capture more information
(After) Look over your notes to see if you need to clarify any of your abbreviations or ask an questions, fill in any gaps with your instructor before you leave, write down the "muddiest point"- something you still do not understand and need clarification on, and write down a one-minute summary of what you learned

What are the informal outline, two column, and Cornell methods of note-taking?

Informational outline- visually organizes the presented material by spacing information out on the page.

Two column- here you fold the paper in half, making a crease down the center of the paper. You take notes only on the right side of the crease. when you review your notes, write a questions on the blank left side that corresponds to the ideas on the right (pretty much a self test).

Cornell method- also called the T method, requires you to divide your note-taking paper into sections before you being taking notes (Draw a vertical line about 2-3 in. from the left margin, then draw a horizontal line about 3 in. from the bottom of the page.)

Explain the difference between maintenance and preparation studying.

Maintenance studying is the reviewing and reading you complete after each class to learn new material.
Preparation studying is targeted studying that readies you for a specific application of your knowledge

Describe the following study strategies: color coding notes, making flash cards, creating self-tests, completing practice in the textbook, reviewing graded work, forming study groups, creating visual organizers

Color coding- developing a system in which different colors correspond to different types of notes, and when reviewing your day's notes, color-code the information

Flash cards- Place the concept or word you need to know on one side, and the important information to remember on the other side.

Self-test- you can create test with a partner, and test each other, answer the questions are the beginning and end of each section, and you can turn the review at the end of chapters into questions.

Completing practice in the book- do not just do the first ones, as the lvl of difficulty increases with the question #.Try a selection of the easy, medium, and difficult questions

Reviewing graded work- Spend time wit your instructor on questions you missed on tests, homework, and quizzes

Study group- Set up a specific time and location to meet that is free from distractions, assign specific content to every member so that each person has a responsibility, clearly indicate what's expected of each participant, select members for the study group by evaluating classmates' dependability, attitude, communication skills, and study behaviors, keep the group small (3-5 members), and remember that you don't have to meet in person every time.

Visual organizers- arrange information into charts or diagrams gives you something to do while studying, and in the process, you come to understand, assimilate, and therefore learn the material.

Describe the following organizers: mneumonic devices (know the types too), creating cheat sheets, visualizing, and using the KWL strategy.

Mnemonic device- memory tools that allow you to recall large amount of specific information by creating a memorable word, sentence, rhyme. Some common mnemonic devices are acronyms, acrostic sentences, rhymes.

Cheat sheets- the act of making one will cause you to recognize which information you haven't mastered and then consolidate and review important information

Visualizing- trying to imagine the process in your head. If not, then google the term and review the results under "Images" and "Video"

KWL- Write down everything you Know about the topic, then draw a line on your paper to separate these ideas from the next step. Now write down what you Want to learn or need to learn about the topic (Use notes, questions asked your teacher or students or test review). Finally draw a line to create the last section and write down what you Learned

When is the best time to apply for transfer to another school?

Look up transfer application deadlines

what kind of documents are needed to submit when you apply to a college or university?

Photo identification, copy of your social security #, high school transcript, SAT or other approved college test scores, and medical records

Why is a personal statement important?

A personal statement is all about yourself telling about you talents, experiences, and what you want to become and why.

DO's for personal statements

Strive for depth rather than breadth. Narrow focus to one or two key themes, ideas or experiences

Try to tell the reader something that no other applicant will be able to say

Provide the reader with insight into what drives you

Be yourself, not the 'ideal' applicant

Get creative and imaginative in the opening remarks, but make sure it's something that no one else could write

Address the school's unique features that interest you

Focus on the affirmative in the personal statement; consider an addendum to explain deficiencies or blemishes

Evaluate experiences, rather than describe them

Proofread carefully for grammar, syntax, punctuation, word usage, and style

Use readable fonts, typeface, and conventional spacing and margins

Dont's for personal statments

Do not submit an expository resume; avoid repeating information found elsewhere on the application

Do not complain or whine about the "system" or circumstances in your life

Do not preach to your reader. You can express opinions, but do not come across as fanatical or extreme

Do not talk about money as a motivator

Do not discuss your minority status or disadvantaged background unless you have a compelling and unique story that relates to it

Do not remind the school of its rankings or tell them how good they are

Do not use boring clichéd intros or conclusions
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is..."
"This question asks me to discuss..."
"I would like to thank the admissions committee for considering my application."
"It is my sincere hope that you will grant me the opportunity to attend your fine school."
"In sum, there are three reasons why you should admit me..."

Do not use unconventional and gimmicky formats and packages

Do not submit supplemental materials unless they are requested

Do not get the name of the school wrong

Do not incorporate technical language or very uncommon words

Why are recommendation letters important and how can you insure you will get good ones?

They revel important formation about you to admission officers, who are searching for students with impressive academic, personal, and social skills.
Ask someone who knows you well, like a counselor, pastor or a teacher

Understand the importance of your online presence.

Universities do check your social media to see what you post. They do not want to welcome some jerk who constantly post rude comments about people