2. Chapter Questions
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3. You’ve Made the Right Decision!
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You’ve Made the Right Decision!

4. Benefits of an Education
Career opportunities
Mental and physical health
Social and financial benefits
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5. Education and Mental Health
More education is associated with less mental illness
Sironi (2012)

6. Higher Civic Engagement Baum, Ma, and Payea (2010)

7. More Education- Higher Salaries

8. More Education- Higher Salaries

9. Unfortunately, Not All Students Are Graduating

10. Why are some students successful and others are not?
Ability
Accessing help
Motivation
Good Decision Making
Time Management
Goal Setting
Resilient Factors
Study Strategies
Note-Taking
Test- Taking

11. Freshman Seminar Courses Contribute to Success!
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Faculty Expectations

13. The Syllabus
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14. Promoting a Learning Focused Environment
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15. Investigating Cell Phone Ringing in a Classroom Setting End, Worthman, Mathews, and Wetterau (2010)
71 Students (23 Males; 48 Females)
Watch Video and Take Notes
No Interruption
Cell Phone rings for 5 seconds
Outcome Measures
Note Quality
Test Performance

16. Results Cell Phone Group: Missed information
Performed worse on test items
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End, Worthman, Mathews, and Wetterau (2010)

17. Results Task No Cell Phone Cell Phone Correct Answers Item #1 94.9%
68.8%
Item #2
79.5%
50.0%
Important Information in Notes
53.1%
82.1%
43.8%
End, Worthman, Mathews, and Wetterau (2010)

18. E-mailing Your Professor

19. What is Academic Integrity?
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20. Academic Integrity Quiz
A student sees the following sentence in a source: “Paraphrasing is a skill, requiring you to capture the idea of another person in your own words.” This student changes the sentence to this one: “Paraphrasing is a talent that requires you to capture the idea of another individual in your own words”
Raj creates a PowerPoint presentation and uses some photos. He doesn’t cite them because they were readily available on the Internet.
Sam has just taken a psychology test. His friend Alex is in another section of psychology and has not yet taken the test. Sam says to Alex "Wow—that was a difficult exam—be sure you really study the developmental theorists".

21. What is Plagiarism?
Putting your name on the work (entire paper or small sections) that someone else created
Not using quotation marks when using another person’s words
Using quotation marks when using another person’s words, but not citing the source
Changing a few words in the sentence and citing the source
Paraphrasing the idea of another person and not citing the source
Submitting the same paper or work in two different classes without professor approval
(Raimes and Jerskey, 2011; Roig, 2013)

22. No Need to Cite Sources When:
It’s completely your own idea
It’s common knowledge
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23. Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is a skill, requiring you to capture the idea of another person in your own words and involves much more than simply changing a few words in a sentence.
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24. What is Cheating?
Engaging in any activity that gives you or another student an unfair advantage
Using unapproved materials or resources
Working collaboratively on independent assignments
Talking with another student about the exam you just took

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Critical Thinking

26. Defining Critical Thinking
Critical thinking has been defined as the ability “to think in a sophisticated manner—to ask questions, define terms, examine evidence, analyze assumptions, avoid emotional reasoning, resist oversimplification, consider alternative interpretations, and tolerate uncertainty” (Wade, 2008,11).

27. Intellectual Development Perry; West
Absolute
Right or wrong
Personal
Opinions matter
Rules Based
Use rules to judge claims
Evaluative
Formal strategies

28. Bloom’s Taxonomy

29. The Process of Becoming a Critical Thinker

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Active Reading

31. The 3R Method Read Recite Review
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32. Exploring the Research McDaniel, Howard, & Einstein (2009)
Research Question:
Which reading strategy works best?
Re-reading
Note-taking 3R
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33. The Study McDaniel, Howard, & Einstein (2009)
72 College Students were randomly assigned to groups
Re-read (read the passage twice)
Note-taking (take notes while reading, but no notes allowed during testing)
3R – Read-Recite-Review (read passage once, recite what you remember, read passage again)
Test
Scores

34. The Results! McDaniel, Howard, & Einstein (2009)
Students who used the 3R method did better on fact based questions
The 3R and Note-taking methods worked best with problem-solving tasks
The 3R method was less time consuming than the note-taking method

35. The So What Factor!
Using the 3R technique will not add significantly to study time, but will likely lead to more positive academic outcomes
Consider both verbal and written methods for step 2- Recite
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36. SQ3R
Survey
Question
Read
Recite
Review

37. Highlighting Read WITHOUT highlighting first
Limit highlighting to 1-2 sentences per paragraph or section
Combine highlighting with other active reading methods
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38. Note-taking While Reading
CLOSE the BOOK And then Take Notes! Write page numbers for easy reference back to the text Integrate reading and lecture notes
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39. Build Background Knowledge
Read Chapter Summaries and Table of Contents
Make connections to information previously learned
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40. Recht and Leslie (1988) High Baseball Knowledge Low Baseball Knowledge
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High Baseball Knowledge
Low Baseball Knowledge
Good reader
31.4
18.8
Poor Reader
27.5
13.9

41. Peer-Reviewed Research
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Peer-Reviewed Research

42. What are Peer Reviewed Journal Articles?
Theoretical or research written work that has been deemed worthy of publication by professionals in the field
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43. The Peer Reviewed Process

44. Why learn about peer reviewed research?
Very Scholarly Source
Already Evaluated by Peers
Meet College Level Expectations
Impress your Professors!
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45. Elements of a Research Article
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion

46. Abstract
Summary of article
Key finding(s)

47. Introduction Sets the stage for why this research was conducted
Reviews past research
Hypothesis (educated guess about results)

48. Method Subjects Procedure Who participated in the study?
What did the participants do?
How was the study conducted?

49. Results
What did they find out?
Tables, graphs, and words!

50. Make it Meaningful!
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51. Discussion Reviews key findings (without the math!)
Connects findings to past and future research
Application and value of these findings

52. Introduction:
Why is this topic important? What question did the researcher seek to answer?
Method:
Who participated in the study? What did the researchers ask the participants to do?
Results:
What were the findings?
Application: So What?
How can you use this information as a student? What should we do with this information?

53. Reading Research Articles

54. Reading, Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
What did you do when you didn’t know a word?
Did you taking notes while reading the article?
Did you extract key ideas and points?
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55. Reading, Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
How can the results of the study apply to you?
How do you know the findings are accurate?
What are the limitations of this study?
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56. Reading, Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
Where can you find additional evidence?
How do you access information?
What type of information is available?
How do you evaluate whether the information is credible?
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57. Exploring the Research
Howard, H.E., & Jones, W.P. (2000). Effectiveness of a freshmen seminar in an urban university: Measurement of selected indicators. College Student Journal, 34, 509–515.

58. The Research Question Howard & Jones (2000)
Will students taking a student success course
Feel more prepared for college
Be more confident
Know more about campus resources and study skills
Have a stronger commitment to a college major?
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59. The Study Howard & Jones (2000)
Pre-test
Took Student Success Course
Post-test; GPA
154 college students taking a
Student Success Course

60. The Results Howard & Jones (2000)
Note: ALL students benefitted!
Except with….

61. Application Howard & Jones (2000)
Taking a Student Success Course is Valuable!
Career Decision Making takes time- meet with a Career Counselor to explore options
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