2.01 Vocabulary
1. Active listening - the practice of paying close attention to a speaker and asking questions to
ensure full comprehension
2. Analogy - a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help
explain something or make it easier to understand
3. AP courses – advanced placement, college courses taken in high school
4. Apprenticeship - One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of
time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business
5. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB - is a test developed and maintained by
the United States Department of Defense.
6. Advising, Placement, and Retention System – an assessment-advising program designed to
identify the basic skill levels of students as they enter two-year institutions.
7. Associate Degree: Achieved after completion of a curriculum meeting the demands of a 2year community college program.
8. Attainment - the action or fact of achieving a goal toward which one has worked
9. Bachelor’s degree: Achieved after completion of a curriculum meeting the demands of a 4-year
college program.
10. Career cluster - provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning
the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or
restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme such as
interest.
11. Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) - Vocational student organization; nonprofit,
national organization with state and local chapters that exist to develop leadership skills and
good citizenship among members; each organization is composed of vocational students
interested in a specific occupational area.
12. Certifications - an official document that gives proof and details of something such as personal
status, educational achievements, ownership, or authenticity
13. Clear - easy to understand
14. College/University: A postsecondary school where a student might receive a bachelor’s
degree, master’s, or doctoral degree in a specific discipline.
15. Community college: Type of college with up to 2-year programs leading to certificates,
diplomas, or associate degrees.
16. Comprehension - the action or capability of understanding something
17. Concise - using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in
order to be brief
18. Convincing - able to persuade somebody to believe that something is true or to act
19. Cooperative education - a school program that allows students to receive academic credit for
career work in the student's field of interest done outside the school
20. Correlation - a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
21. Dual enrollment - involves students being enrolled in two separate, academically related
institutions. Generally, it refers to high school students taking college courses.
22. Extra-curricular activities - fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university
education, performed by students. Such activities are generally voluntary, mandatory, nonpaying, social, philanthropic as opposed to scholastic, and often involve others of the same
age.
23. Formal Learning - highly institutionalized, bureaucratic, curriculum driven, and formally
recognized with grades, diplomas, or certificates
24. IB courses – International baccalaureate, offering internationally recognized courses
25. Informal Learning - organized learning outside of the formal education system; tend to be
short-term, voluntary, and have few if any prerequisites.
26. Internship - a type of work experience for entry-level job-seekers
27. Interpersonal skills - concerning or involving relationships between people
28. Job shadowing: A short-term experience that allows the student to follow an experienced
worker and see the day-to-day activities of a particular career.
29. Journey Worker: A certified, experienced, skilled craftsperson that has successfully completed
an apprenticeship program.
30. Legible - (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read
31. Master’s degree: An advanced 2-year program completed after attainment of a bachelor’s
degree.
32. Post-Secondary - education after high school.
33. Proprietary school: A privately owned school that operates for profit for those seeking
vocational training.
34. Proofread - to read the text and mark corrections to be made
35. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) - appointed by the Secretary
of Labor to determine the skills our young people need to succeed in the world of work
36. TEACH format –
 Think: What will this chapter be about? What do I need to learn from this chapter?
 Explain: Decide what you already know about the chapter.
 Ask: Who? What? Where? When? Why?
 Clues: Title, Key words, Headings, Illustrations
 Handwrite chapter highlights: Definitions, formulas and main concepts
37. Transcript - an official document showing the educational work of a student in a school or
college
38. VOCATS: Vocational Competency Achievement Tracking System is a competency-based
instructional management system that focuses on the individual student and tracks his/her
achievement in relation to a predetermined set of core competencies.
39. Volunteer: A contribution of free labor, usually to a non-profit organization.
40. Volunteer experiences: Unpaid experiences; students work to get experience, contacts, or help
out. The experiences are not necessarily career related and not usually supervised by school
personnel.