Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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338 SUBJECT INDEX

Exams

assessment of, 183–184

essay, 250, 265–268

key words in, 266–267

procedures for answering, 273

reviewing results of, 268, 276

time management for, 267

fill-in-the-blank, 261

matching, 260–261

multiple-choice, 262–263

procedures for answering,

272–273

preparation for,

study plan for, 240–246

study strategies for, 244

true-false, 259

F

Failure-avoiding strategies, 74–75

Fermenting skills, 180

Five-minute plan, 157

Forming skills, 179

Formulating skills, 179

Functioning skills, 179

G

Goal orientation, 79–80

Goals, See also SMART goals

advantages of, 64, 82

evaluation of, 106

intermediate, 77, 105

properties of, 100

types of, 98

unattainable, 56

and values, 96–97

writing, 103

Goal setting

and achievement, 12

importance of, 98–99

and motivation,100

procedures for, 101–107

and strategic planning, 21–22

examples of, 302–303,

309–310, 314–315

and values, 96–07, 108

Group Work,

improving, 178–180

procedures for, 177

H

Help-seeking, 15–16, 166–167

methods for, 177

Hierarchies, 203

signal words for, 207

High school and college

difference between, 7–8, 79

I

Identity achievement, 94

Identity diffusion, 93

Identity foreclosure, 94

Identity moratorium, 94

Illusion of knowing, 238

Information processing system

and attention, 32–33

components of, 32, 202

definition of, 32

and prior knowledge, 36–38

Intelligence, 4, 8, 57

J

Journals, 291

K

Key word method, 41

L

Learning

cognitive views of, 1–2

components of, 24–25

explanation of, 32

goals, 238

help-seeking in, 15–16, 166–167,

175–176

meaningful, 38

methods of, 13–14, 217–218

and motivation, 10–13