Learning & Skills Glossary
Clear definitions of the financial, AI, workforce, health, and community terms that show up across Stickball's learning programs.
- Financial Literacy
- The knowledge and skills needed to make informed money decisions, including budgeting, saving, borrowing, and investing.
- Financial Capability
- The combination of financial knowledge, skills, and access to tools that enables people to act in their own financial best interest.
- Financial Wellness
- A state in which a person can comfortably meet financial obligations, absorb a setback, and feel secure about their financial future.
- Simulation-Based Learning
- A teaching approach where learners make decisions inside realistic, interactive scenarios and experience the outcomes in a safe environment.
- Health Literacy
- The ability to find, understand, and use health information and services to make informed decisions.
- AI Literacy
- A practical understanding of how artificial intelligence works, how to use AI tools responsibly and effectively, and how AI affects work and daily life.
- Workforce Readiness
- The mix of technical skills, soft skills, and professional habits that prepare individuals to succeed in the workplace.
- Soft Skills
- Interpersonal and self-management abilities such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, and time management.
- Digital Literacy
- The ability to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information using digital technologies.
- Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
- A U.S. law that encourages banks and credit unions to meet the credit and financial-education needs of the communities they serve, including low- and moderate-income areas.