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Who Dares Wins: Tackling Academic Study Skills Amy McDermott Fiona Maguire
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Who Dares Wins: Tackling Academic Study Skills
Amy McDermott Fiona Maguire
University Learning
• Lectures
• Demonstrations
• Tutorials/Seminars
• Lab/studio work
• Group projects
• Individual work
When You Study You Have To…
• Become and independent
learner!
• Take in ideas
• Express ideas
• Decide your own priorities
• Set your own targets
But there’s one other important
thing you have to do …
Lego Animals• Groups of 6
• Rules:1) Build yourself a Lego animal – doesn’t
have to be a real!
2) You must use at least 10 pieces of Lego for your animal AND…
3) You must use pieces from at least 3 other cups…
- you can ask politely- you can steal- you can take the piece you need from your
neighbour’s cup OR animal- you can use pieces that are in the central
area
• 5 minutes
Remember to ALWAYS reference!
But why??
Why Is Referencing Important?
Proper referencing is critical. Your writing should always include accurate references to:
• Acknowledge the sources you have used to establish your arguments and criticisms and inform your ideas
• Enable other people to identify and trace the sources you have used
• Demonstrate the breadth of your reading and research
• Help to avoid charges of plagiarism because it makes clear when you are using someone else's ideas and words.
The 3 Components • The Citation. This is the way you
acknowledge i.e. cite the source in your text. Depending on the referencing style you are using this may appear as the author name and year in brackets e.g. (Jones 2016) as a number e.g. [1] or as a footnote.
• The Reference. This comprises the details of the source that you have cited.
• The Reference List or Bibliography. This is a list of the references you have used or consulted and appears at the end of your work.
Is every reference the same?
• A range of referencing styles are used in different subject areas within the University.
• Mostly you will use a single style but if you study modules in different subject areas you may need to use more than one.
• Referencing uses a lot of abbreviations.
• Always check!
[1] F. P. Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1995.
McGee, E. and Shevlin, M. (2009) Effect of humor on interpersonal attraction and mate selection. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 143 (1), pp. 67-77.
