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Currency Examples: © 2014 Mindsteps Inc

This document outlines various types of "currency" or skills that contribute to academic success. It discusses academic knowledge, soft skills, social skills, and networks/affiliations. Academic knowledge includes vocabulary, background knowledge, and cultural literacy. Soft skills involve study habits, note-taking, recognizing needs for help, and self-management. Social skills relate to making friends, conversations, cooperation, and cultural understanding. Networks provide community and adult support.

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Currency Examples: © 2014 Mindsteps Inc

This document outlines various types of "currency" or skills that contribute to academic success. It discusses academic knowledge, soft skills, social skills, and networks/affiliations. Academic knowledge includes vocabulary, background knowledge, and cultural literacy. Soft skills involve study habits, note-taking, recognizing needs for help, and self-management. Social skills relate to making friends, conversations, cooperation, and cultural understanding. Networks provide community and adult support.

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Currency Examples

Academic Knowledge
• Academic vocabulary
• Academic background knowledge
• Common sense
• Knowledge about an outside area of interest
• Cultural literacy

Soft Skills
• Study skills
• Effective note-taking skills
• Ability to navigate the school system
• Ability to recognize when he/she needs help
• Ability to contribute to group discussions
• Ability to manage his/her own behavior in a classroom
• Ability to sustain attention
• Ability to set and manage long-term goals
• Ability to read and take notes from a text
• Ability to figure out a problem using a systematic approach
• Effective listening skills
• Ability to exhibit academic behaviors (arriving in class on time, prepared, devoting
out of class time to studying and completing homework)

Social Skills
• Ability to make and keep friends
• Ability to get others to help
• Ability to enter and participate in conversations with others
• Ability to work cooperatively with others
• Leadership abilities
• Ability to interact comfortably with classmates who are not personal friends
• Ability to interact comfortably with adults
• Ability to read a social situation and produce the appropriate behavior
• An understanding of cultural norms
• Effective listening skills

Networks/Affiliations
• Availability of an adult support network
• Friends within the classroom
• Membership in a community group
• Membership in a faith-based community
• Membership in an academically-oriented club or network

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