Chapter 2 Engagement and Mindfulness

The amount of time you devote to the college experience and the degree of effort or energy into the learning process is known as.......

• principle of success

• Ignition thinking

• learning goal

• active involvement

Numerous studies have shown a direct relationship between class attendance and course grades - as one goes up or down, so does the other.

• False

• True

• Maybe

You will spend an equal amount of time in college IN class, just as you did in high school

• True

• False

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Both taking written notes and highlighting have EQUAL results in remembering content.

• False

• True

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Explaining what you have learned to another person as opposed to just reading silently by yourself, falls under which active involvement strategy?

• Organizing

• Writing

• Speaking

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Tip #7 in the top tips for active listening and note-taking in the college classroom is....

• Get organized

• Get it down in writing

• Finish strong

• Don't let go of your pen or keyboard

Tip #5 discusses getting in the right frame of mind, what is an example of this?

• Texting your friends for clarification on an assignment

• Leaving your problems and baggage outside so you can actively listen and take notes.

• Asking a classmate to send you pictures of the notes

• All of the above

Looking inward to gain deeper self-awareness and understanding of who you are, what you're doing, and where you're going is known as......

• exoskeleton

• inspection

• intraspection

• introspection

What's important to you and what you care about doing is known as....

• personal interests

• personality traits

• learning styles

• personal values

A form of self-awareness particularly important for success in college is.....

• self-monitoring

• self-assessment

• both self-monitoring and self-assessment

• none of the above