SLS 1501 ACCURATE STUDY GUIDE
Additional reasons to go to college - Answers - -Learn to think critically and
communicate better
-Better deal with advances in knowledge and technology
-Acquire skills that will shape how you deal with challenges
-Better prepared to live in a world of diversity
-Make learning a lifelong habit
P.O.W.E.R. - Answers - Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, Rethink
What is POWER - Answers - effective framework that helps you achieve goals and
increase success
Long-term goals - Answers - aims relating to major accomplishments that will take some
time to achieve
Short-term goals - Answers - limited steps toward the accomplishment of long-term
goals.
Smart goals - Answers - goals that are realistic, attainable, measurable, specific, and
have a time frame.
Motivation - Answers - inner power and energy that directs and fuels behavior.
Evaluation - Answers - assessment of the match between a product or activity and the
goals it was intended to meet.
Critical thinking - Answers - process involving reanalysis, questioning, and challenge of
underlying assumptions.
using critical thinking - Answers - - review how you've accomplished the task
-question the outcome
-identify your assumptions and challenge them
-consider alternatives
-reconsider initial goals
Learning style - Answers - one's preferred manner of acquiring, using, and thinking
about knowledge.
Receptive learning style - Answers - the way in which we initially receive information.
Types of learning styles - Answers - -Read/write
-Visual/spatial
Additional reasons to go to college - Answers - -Learn to think critically and
communicate better
-Better deal with advances in knowledge and technology
-Acquire skills that will shape how you deal with challenges
-Better prepared to live in a world of diversity
-Make learning a lifelong habit
P.O.W.E.R. - Answers - Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, Rethink
What is POWER - Answers - effective framework that helps you achieve goals and
increase success
Long-term goals - Answers - aims relating to major accomplishments that will take some
time to achieve
Short-term goals - Answers - limited steps toward the accomplishment of long-term
goals.
Smart goals - Answers - goals that are realistic, attainable, measurable, specific, and
have a time frame.
Motivation - Answers - inner power and energy that directs and fuels behavior.
Evaluation - Answers - assessment of the match between a product or activity and the
goals it was intended to meet.
Critical thinking - Answers - process involving reanalysis, questioning, and challenge of
underlying assumptions.
using critical thinking - Answers - - review how you've accomplished the task
-question the outcome
-identify your assumptions and challenge them
-consider alternatives
-reconsider initial goals
Learning style - Answers - one's preferred manner of acquiring, using, and thinking
about knowledge.
Receptive learning style - Answers - the way in which we initially receive information.
Types of learning styles - Answers - -Read/write
-Visual/spatial
