What are the benefits of note taking? - Answers -Keeps you alert in class
-Energizes your brain
-Focuses your attention on topics
-Provides emphasis on key points
-Assists in organizing ideas and factors
-Creates condensed record for later study and review
What does PDCA stand for? - Answers PDCA is a plan for making a change.
Plan - What're your goals and objectives?
Do - Implement your plan
Check - Look at your results so far
Act - How should you act going forward?
What is the difference between soft skills and hard skills? - Answers Soft skills - "subjective
skills that have changed very little over time. Such skills might pertain to the way you relate to
people, or the way you think, or the ways in which you behave"
Hard skills - "concrete or objective abilities that you learn and perhaps have mastered. They are
skills you can easily quantify, like using a computer, speaking a foreign language, or operating a
machine"
What is the definition of stress? - Answers "Our reaction to a perception of threat or change that
challenges our coping abilities."
What are the five steps to choosing a major? - Answers -Seek inspiration
-Consider everything
-Identify talents and interests
-Explore available resources
-In-depth career exploration
, What are the 5 main stages in career development? - Answers Growing - begin to have sense of
future (ages 4 to 13)
Exploring - realize your specific interests and aptitude (teen to mid twenties)
Establishing - selecting or entering field you find suitable (mid twenties to mid forties)
Maintaining - upward pattern of learning and staying engaged (mid forties to mid sixties)
Reinventing - transitioning into retirement
What're the 10 solutions to stress? - Answers -Value yourself
-Be aware of your stressors
-Maintain health and fitness
-Set clear priorities
-Find your comfort zone
-Take responsibility for your feelings, thoughts, actions
-Improve communication and assertiveness skills
-Build a positive support network
-Be flexible
-Develop your inner strength
What are some ways to read strategically? - Answers -Plan to read
-Read in advance of class
-Read manageable chunks
-Use a reading system that fits
-Mark your reading
-Monitor your comprehension