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Becoming
a better student...
Use the resources provided below to
obtain
reference information and tips on becoming a better student.
Note-taking
Note
Organization Form - This site offers a helpful form for students to
organize their psychology lecture notes.
Learning
from Lectures - The ability to listen and take accurate notes in
class
is one of the most important skills needed for learning at university.
Your notes are the payoff for the time you invest in class and provide
an important tool for exam preparation. This excellent guide is from
the
University of Guelph.
Effective
Notetaking from Berkeley
Effective
Notetaking from Dartmouth College
Notetaking
and In-Class Skills from Virginia Tech
Editing
Lecture Notes from Virginia Tech
Oral
Presentations
Dr. Radel's
Introduction
to Preparing Talks - This site makes oral presentations easy, by
offering
a step-by-step guide.
Introduction
to Effective Visuals - Designing visuals for your class
presentation/lecture.
Dr. Radel's Designing
Effective Visuals - This site makes oral presentations easy!
How to
present a case study - This is a quick guide to the format of
presenting
a patient case study. Therapists practicing in a community mental
health setting or group practice hold case conferences to discuss their
patients.
Managing
Nervousness During Oral Presentations - Many students dread giving
oral presentations in class, yet sooner or later students in most
programs
will be obligated to do so. This excellent guide is from the University
of Guelph.
How
to design visuals for presentations prepared by Greenstar
Productions
for those in the corporate world
Overcoming
speaking anxiety in meetings & presentations, an article based
on Lenny Laskowski's book, "Dynamic Presentation Skills for the
Business
Professional".
Coping
with presentation disasters! This site includes other useful tips
and
links to a variety of resources for presenters.
How
to Give a Bad Talk - The ten commandments of bad presentations, a
page
prepared by Mark Hill, based upon a David Patterson talk
Oral
Evaluation Guidelines - a form used to evaluation oral
presentations.
Use these key skill areas as a guide in your preparation.
Research
Read Darren's Guidelines
for Writing Critical Reviews for assistance in building your
Journal
Article Summary.
Read Darren's Library
Resources Guide for help finding resources at your academic library.
Read Darren's Research
Evaluation Tips - these tips will help you to determine the quality
of the research you are reviewing.
Read Darren's How
to use APA Format
Library
Research in Psychology: Finding It Easily - Students new to
psychology
and library research will find some useful information here. This site
comes from the American Psychological Association.
Teaching your
students to evaluate
web resources
Statistics You
Should Know
Studying
How
to Study - This site offers tips on how to study effectively and
how
to improve your grades.
Virginia Tech
University offers
the following assistance:
Concentration
- Concentration is an elusive state of mind. Ironically, the more you
think
or worry about concentration, the less you're concentrating on the task
at hand. That's why strategies to enhance concentration approach it
indirectly,
usually by focusing on the elimination of distractions. This excellent
guide is from the University of Guelph.
Learning
from Textbooks - discusses strategies that can be effective for
learning
from textbooks in courses where the text provides much of the material
on which tests and exams will be based. These strategies will not work
effectively for all texts in all courses. This excellent guide is from
the University of Guelph.
Five
Steps to Better Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving &
Decisions-Making
Skills
Writing
The
Elements of Style, by William Strunk (1918) - This is an on-line
version
of the original 1918 book on writing style. It has saved the academic
life
of many students. Pay special attention to Section V: Words and
Expressions
Commonly Misused.
Grammar
and Style Notes - Is it effect or affect? Assure, ensure, or
insure?
This site offers an alphabetic listing of just about every problem that
you face when writing.
The
Written and Spoken Word - Daniel Chandler, a lecturer in media
theory
in the Education Department of University of Wales has put together an
interesting series of pages on the written and spoken word.
Read Darren's How
to Write a Literature Review - helpful guide to writing a lit
review.
Read Darren's How
to Write a Critical Review(Journal Article Summary) - helpful guide
for writing a Journal Article Summary
Read Darren's How
to use APA Format
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