Success Skills, Soft Skills, & Emotional Awareness Assessment

What does Communication mean?

• Practicing active listening, speaking clearly, and expressing your ideas effectively.
• Writing down important keywords so you can remember them later.
• Working independently without sharing your thoughts or opinions.
• Using gestures and drawings instead of speaking or listening.

What does collaboration mean?

• Working with others on group projects, participating in team activities, and learning to compromise and cooperate
• Completing projects alone without input from other people
• Competing against teammates to achieve an individual goal
• Avoiding group activities and refusing to compromise

What does critical thinking mean?

• Analyzing information, asking questions, and evaluating different perspectives before forming conclusions.
• Accepting information without questioning it or considering other viewpoints.
• Using personal opinions to form conclusions without examining evidence.
• Memorizing information and repeating it without evaluating its meaning.

What does Time Management mean?

• Prioritizing tasks, setting goals, and creating a schedule to stay organized and on track.
• Completing every task immediately without setting goals or making a schedule.
• Changing goals often so tasks can be completed in any order.
• Organizing materials without planning tasks or tracking progress.

Scenario: A student is trying to explain "soft skills" to a friend who has never heard the term.
Question: What is the best definition of "soft skills" based on the text?

• Technical abilities like coding a website or typing quickly.
• A combination of behaviors, personality traits, and social skills.
• The physical ability to handle delicate materials in science lab.
• Hard facts and math equations you memorize for a exam.

Scenario: During a history group presentation, Sarah speaks very clearly, but she is also slouching, looking down at the floor, and frowning.
Question: While Sarah's verbal communication is good, which area of communication does she need to work on?

• Written communication.
• Nonverbal communication (facial expressions, body language, and posture).
• Aural communication (listening and hearing).
• Visual communication (using symbols and signs).

Scenario: During a science lab, Leo is quiet but makes sure he hears everyone's ideas and thinks about them carefully before speaking.
Question: What type of communication is Leo practicing when he listens carefully to his teammates?

• Written communication.
• Nonverbal posture.
• Aural communication.
• Visual symbols.

Scenario: You are meeting a high school coach or a club adviser for the first time.
Question: What is a great way to show a leader that you are engaged and listening?

• Give quick, one-word answers to finish the conversation fast.
• Answer with more than one word, ask questions, and keep good eye contact.
• Avoid looking at them so they don't feel uncomfortable.
• Keep your arms crossed and slouch to show you are relaxed.

Scenario: Your teacher tells the class that they need to act "professionally" during a school field trip to a local business.
Question: What are the core values of professionalism?

• Responsibility, accountability, and excellence.
• Speed, perfection, and working completely alone.
• Silence, obedience, and physical strength.
• Having perfect grades and high qualifications.

Scenario: A community group is selecting a student volunteer, and they choose someone who seems excited to learn over someone who has done the job before but seems bored.
Question: Why would a leader or employer prefer to train someone with less experience?

• Experienced candidates are always too expensive.
• They worry a bored candidate won't get along with others, while an enthusiastic candidate is eager to learn and work hard.
• Inexperienced workers never make mistakes.
• Enthusiastic people do not need any training.