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WorksheetsSkills for Success in School
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is one way to show active listening?
Looking at the speaker
Interrupting to share your opinion
Looking at your phone
Thinking about what to say next
Why is it important to set academic goals?
To have something to work toward
To get better grades without effort
To avoid studying
To make excuses for unfinished work
What is the first step in solving a problem?
Ignoring the problem
Identifying the problem
Blaming someone else
Complaining about the problem
Which is an example of showing agency?
Blaming others for your mistakes
Making a choice and taking responsibility for it
Complaining about your situation
Waiting for someone else to fix things
What is self-control?
Doing whatever you want without thinking
Thinking before you act
Avoiding goals altogether
Letting others make decisions for you
How can you change a negative thought to a positive one?
Ignore it completely
Replace it with a hopeful or helpful thought
Let it stay the same
Focus on your frustration
Explain how active listening can improve relationships. Provide an example to support your explanation.
It allows you to ignore the speaker's emotions.
It helps you understand the speaker's perspective, leading to better communication.
It encourages you to interrupt the speaker.
It makes you focus on your own thoughts.
Describe a strategy you could use to break a large academic goal into smaller, manageable steps. Why is this strategy effective?
Ignore the goal until the deadline approaches.
Divide the goal into smaller tasks and set deadlines for each.
Complain about the difficulty of the goal.
Wait for someone else to help you.
Discuss how recognizing your own agency can influence your decision-making process. Provide an example.
It makes you rely on others for decisions.
It empowers you to make choices and take responsibility for them.
It encourages you to avoid making decisions.
It leads to blaming others for your choices.
Evaluate the role of self-control in achieving long-term goals. How does it contribute to success?
It allows you to act impulsively.
It helps you stay focused and resist distractions.
It encourages you to give up easily.
It makes you dependent on others.
True or false: Even if you're silent while someone else speaks, you might not be actively listening.
True
False
Nigel is actively listening to Courtney. He is most likely ________.
nodding and trying to put himself in her shoes
telling Courtney she is wrong before she finishes speaking
waiting patiently for his turn to speak, so he can change the subject to something more interesting
facing away from Courtney
When you encounter a misunderstanding in a conversation, you should:
Ignore it to avoid further confusion
Ask questions to clarify the misunderstanding
Assume you know what the other person meant
Quickly change the topic
What is the primary goal of active listening?
To prepare your response while the other person is talking
To fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
To find flaws in the speaker's argument as quickly as possible
To dominate the conversation
An effective way to maintain composure in a conversation is to:
Take deep breaths and pause before responding
Think about your next argument while the other person is talking
Focus on winning the argument at all costs
Interrupt the speaker to make your point
Maintaining composure during a heated discussion allows you to:
Win the argument by raising your voice
Better understand the other person's perspective
Intimidate the other person into agreeing with you
Change the subject to avoid conflict
Why is it important to challenge arguments with facts in a respectful manner?
It prevents the conversation from becoming a personal attack
It makes the conversation more entertaining
It ensures that you always appear to be right
It allows you to change the subject quickly
True or false: Even if you're silent while someone else speaks, you might not be actively listening.
True
False
Nigel is actively listening to Courtney. He is most likely ________.
nodding and trying to put himself in her shoes
telling Courtney she is wrong before she finishes speaking
waiting patiently for his turn to speak, so he can change the subject to something more interesting
facing away from Courtney
When you encounter a misunderstanding in a conversation, you should:
Ignore it to avoid further confusion
Ask questions to clarify the misunderstanding
Assume you know what the other person meant
Quickly change the topic
What is the primary goal of active listening?
To prepare your response while the other person is talking
To fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
To find flaws in the speaker's argument as quickly as possible
To dominate the conversation
Maintaining composure during a heated discussion allows you to:
Win the argument by raising your voice
Better understand the other person's perspective
Intimidate the other person into agreeing with you
Change the subject to avoid conflict
An effective way to maintain composure in a conversation is to:
Take deep breaths and pause before responding
Think about your next argument while the other person is talking
Focus on winning the argument at all costs
Interrupt the speaker to make your point
Why is it important to challenge arguments with facts in a respectful manner?
It prevents the conversation from becoming a personal attack
It makes the conversation more entertaining
It ensures that you always appear to be right
It allows you to change the subject quickly
True or false: Even if you're silent while someone else speaks, you might not be actively listening.
True
False
Nigel is actively listening to Courtney. He is most likely ________.
nodding and trying to put himself in her shoes
telling Courtney she is wrong before she finishes speaking
waiting patiently for his turn to speak, so he can change the subject to something more interesting
facing away from Courtney
When you encounter a misunderstanding in a conversation, you should:
Ignore it to avoid further confusion
Ask questions to clarify the misunderstanding
Assume you know what the other person meant
Quickly change the topic
What is the primary goal of active listening?
To prepare your response while the other person is talking
To fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
To find flaws in the speaker's argument as quickly as possible
To dominate the conversation
Maintaining composure during a heated discussion allows you to:
Win the argument by raising your voice
Better understand the other person's perspective
Intimidate the other person into agreeing with you
Change the subject to avoid conflict
An effective way to maintain composure in a conversation is to:
Take deep breaths and pause before responding
Think about your next argument while the other person is talking
Focus on winning the argument at all costs
Interrupt the speaker to make your point
Why is it important to challenge arguments with facts in a respectful manner?
It prevents the conversation from becoming a personal attack
It makes the conversation more entertaining
It ensures that you always appear to be right
It allows you to change the subject quickly
True or false: Even if you're silent while someone else speaks, you might not be actively listening.
True
False
Nigel is actively listening to Courtney. He is most likely ________.
nodding and trying to put himself in her shoes
telling Courtney she is wrong before she finishes speaking
waiting patiently for his turn to speak, so he can change the subject to something more interesting
facing away from Courtney
When you encounter a misunderstanding in a conversation, you should:
Ignore it to avoid further confusion
Ask questions to clarify the misunderstanding
Assume you know what the other person meant
Quickly change the topic
What is the primary goal of active listening?
To prepare your response while the other person is talking
To fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
To find flaws in the speaker's argument as quickly as possible
To dominate the conversation
An effective way to maintain composure in a conversation is to:
Take deep breaths and pause before responding
Think about your next argument while the other person is talking
Focus on winning the argument at all costs
Interrupt the speaker to make your point
Maintaining composure during a heated discussion allows you to:
Win the argument by raising your voice
Better understand the other person's perspective
Intimidate the other person into agreeing with you
Change the subject to avoid conflict
Why is it important to challenge arguments with facts in a respectful manner?
It prevents the conversation from becoming a personal attack
It makes the conversation more entertaining
It ensures that you always appear to be right
It allows you to change the subject quickly
True or false: Even if you're silent while someone else speaks, you might not be actively listening.
True
False
Nigel is actively listening to Courtney. He is most likely ________.
nodding and trying to put himself in her shoes
telling Courtney she is wrong before she finishes speaking
waiting patiently for his turn to speak, so he can change the subject to something more interesting
facing away from Courtney
When you encounter a misunderstanding in a conversation, you should:
Ignore it to avoid further confusion
Ask questions to clarify the misunderstanding
Assume you know what the other person meant
Quickly change the topic
What is the primary goal of active listening?
To prepare your response while the other person is talking
To fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
To find flaws in the speaker's argument as quickly as possible
To dominate the conversation
An effective way to maintain composure in a conversation is to:
Take deep breaths and pause before responding
Think about your next argument while the other person is talking
Focus on winning the argument at all costs
Interrupt the speaker to make your point
Maintaining composure during a heated discussion allows you to:
Win the argument by raising your voice
Better understand the other person's perspective
Intimidate the other person into agreeing with you
Change the subject to avoid conflict
Why is it important to challenge arguments with facts in a respectful manner?
It prevents the conversation from becoming a personal attack
It makes the conversation more entertaining
It ensures that you always appear to be right
It allows you to change the subject quickly
