UM Career Services
Manage Stress
Memory/
Test Prep
Academic Writing
Lecture NT
100
The CS hub where summer jobs are posted.
What is Handshake?
100
Performance / Anxiety Axis
What is low/high anxiety and how it affects performance on a test
100
Consolidation
What is the brain process involved in moving information from short-term to long term memory
100
Thesis
What is the main point or argument of your essay?
100
Thought Speed
What is three times faster than speaking speed? (125 vs. 375)
200
Leads to better understanding of your personality and interests as you explore potential careers.
What are assessments such as Meyers-Briggs?
200
Three areas where anxiety reveals itself
What are physiological, cognitive and behavioral?
200
Interleaved Study
What is mixing up the order of what you are learning (example: professional pitches to batters or flight simulation)
200
Evidence in an essay
What are the details that effectively support your thesis?
200
Intonation
What are volume, pauses, and cadence?
300
This person helps with resumes, applications, job searching, interviewing, and more.
What is a UM Career Counselor?
300
Physiological symptoms of stress (name at least 3)
What are increased heart rate, shakiness, shallow breathing, queasy, hot or cold hands, clammy feeling
300
Percentage of study time that should be devoted to retrieval.
What is 60%
300
Audience for a college essay
What is your peers in the same class?
300
Silver Dollar System
What is a method for identifying the most important ideas in a set of lecture notes?
400
Computer-based national standardized tests are offered here.
What is UM Testing Services?
400
Slippery Slope
What is the mental situation where you go from worrying about failing a test to flunking out of school and becoming a failure?
400
Active Retrieval
What is low stakes, self-quizzing?
400
Funnel Introduction
What is a broad, less effective way to begin a summary?
400
Mind Mapping
What is a note taking system based on emotion and personal connections?
500
Student Employment, Health Professions, Educator
What are annual events through CS known as Career Fairs?
500
The times it takes for something to become a habit.
What is 21-27 times?
500
Active Study (at least 3 methods)
What is self-quizzing (retrieval) flashcards practice problems elaboration/teaching diagrams mind maps
500
Signal Phrases
What are effective terms to use in a summary, including "according to Dweck . . ." "the study found . . ." "The article explains how . . ."
500
What is the Cornell Q System for Note taking?
What is a system that includes using lecture notes for developing potential exam questions and a summary? Wide margins for questions and self-quizzing.