Chapter 1: Becoming an Expert Student
Over a lifetime, a college graduate will earn approximately how much more than a high school graduate?
What is $1 million?
Which of the following is considered a good notetaking tip?
What is use abbreviations?
What type of question tends to focus on the big picture?
What is an essay?
The length of time you can sustain focus is your
What is attention span?
Where might potential employers look to find out information about the individual they might hire?
What is social networking sites?
What is the inner power and psychological energy that directs and fuels your behavior?
What is motivation?
According to the text, the most important aspect of taking notes is
What is active listening and thinking?
What type of question gives you a number of possible answers from which to select?
What is multiple choice?
One system for reading is SQR3. This stands for
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.
The ability to determine what information is necessary, and then to locate, evaluate, and use the information effectively is referred to as
What is information literacy?
The acronym SMART, as used in your textbook, stands for
What is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-based?
The underlying main idea of a lecture, or the meaning behind the overt message you hear, is referred to in the text as the
What is meta-message?
An effective way to manage test anxiety is to
What is prepare thoroughly?
A word or phrase formed by the first letters of a series of terms is referred to as
What is an an acronym?
Google, Bing, and Yahoo are all types of
What is search engine?
The acronym POWER, as used in your textbook, stands for
What is prepare, organize, work, evaluate, rethink?
What is a method of graphically grouping and connecting key ideas and themes?
What is concept mapping?
Hurried, last-minute studying is referred to as
What is cramming?
A memory technique by which images are formed to help recall material is referred to as
What is visualization?
When you write a formal e-mail message, it is important to keep the following in mind:
What is make sure the recipient knows who you are?
Plans that relate to major accomplishments and that take some time to achieve are referred to as
What is long-term goals?
Highlighting, annotating, circling, and writing margin notes are all skills used for taking study notes on
What is textbooks?
A small, informal group of students whose purpose is to help members work together and prepare for a test is referred to as
What is a study group?
Pretending to explain your reading material to a fellow classmate helps you to
What is identify weak spots in your understanding of the material?
Which illegal practice tries to trick e-mail users into disclosing personal information such as bank account or credit card numbers or passwords?
What is phishing?