College Success and Academic Foundations

Vocabulary flashcards covering academic policies, student success strategies, goal setting, learning styles, research skills, and time management.

Class Attendance Policy

The course rule requiring vital participation, where missing $5$ classes leads to failure, every absence affects the grade, and makeups are possible through communication with the professor.

Course Grading Policy

The course assessment breakdown where late assignments are penalized $50\%$, assignments, classwork, and projects account for $60\%$, exams constitute $30\%$, and attendance accounts for $10\%$.

Academic Professionalism

A set of academic responsibilities and habits including avoiding the ostrich syndrome, showing respect, investing enough time, knowing campus and classroom rules and resources, taking charge, working in groups, checking email/Blackboard regularly, and actively engaging.

Ostrich Syndrome

An unproductive habit to avoid in academic professionalism that involves burying one's head or ignoring academic challenges and responsibilities instead of facing them directly.

GPA Quality Points Scale

The point scale used to calculate GPA: A = $4\text{ pts}$, B = $3\text{ pts}$, C = $3\text{ pts}$, D = $1\text{ pt}$, E/F = $0\text{ pts}$, and W = $0\text{ pts}$ (the class does not count toward the GPA if dropped on time).

Three Most Important Traits for Student Success

Self Responsibility, Time Management, and Critical Thinking Skills.

Three M's of Success

Mindfulness, Mindset, and Motivation.

Aptitude

A measure of inherent or learned ability indicating what a person can do.

Attitude

A reflection of effort and personal approach indicating how a person approaches tasks.

Extrinsic Motivation

A type of motivation originating externally or coming from an outside factor.

Intrinsic Motivation

A type of motivation originating from within or driven by an internal desire.

Dreams

Aspirational visions driven by inspiration and hope.

Goals

Specific, measurable, and realistic objectives that possess achievable outcomes.

Elements of Good Goals

The six key qualities necessary for effective goals: Directions, Motivation, Purpose, Productivity, Drive, and Perseverance.

Elements of Ideal Learning Conditions

Optimal conditions for learning, consisting of intrinsic motivation, appropriate challenge, proper stress levels, curiosity, looking ahead/reviewing, focusing on substance over style, personal meaning, emotion, building on existing knowledge, and exercising freedom of choice.

VARK

A learning style framework and acronym representing Visual, Aural/Audio, Read/write, and Kinesthetic learning modalities.

Multiple Intelligences (MIA)

The eight modalities of intelligence: Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalistic.

Steps to Starting a Career

The procedural stages of career entry: start preparing now, know options, have a backup plan, build a resume, and build skills.

Information Literacy Cycle

A five-step research process consisting of Define, Locate, Select, Organize, and Use (ethically).

Research Source Types

The various categories of informational materials used for study and inquiry: Reference Books, Books and E-Books, Newspapers/News Sources, Magazines, Trade publications, Academic Journals, Databases, Multimedia, Blogs, and Websites.

Source Evaluation Criteria

Key standards used to critically evaluate research sources: Authorship, Sponsorship, Purpose and Audience, Currency, Objectivity, Coverage, and domain verification (.com, .gov, .org, .edu, .mil, .net).

Benefits of Better Time Management

Positive outcomes that include reduced stress, increased productivity, more free time, clear daily goals, a better sense of self, improved quality of work, self-accountability, improved focus, enhanced reputation, and achieving goals faster.