The new year provides students the opportunity to develop resolutions aimed at improving academic achievement. What New Year’s resolutions should the good student consider?
First, stop procrastinating! Too often, the allure of friends, parties, movies and even the good old television lures students away from their work. Even the students with the best intentions can fall into this trap. It’s easy to put off today what isn’t due until next week and chronic procrastination leads to sloppy, unfinished and rushed final products.
Second, keep a schedule! Effective time management is the first and best strategy for combating procrastination. That ten page term paper feels less taunting if you space it out two pages at a time over a series of weeks instead of trying to rush all ten pages in the night before it’s due. By developing a schedule and sticking to it, the good student can ensure proper study and homework time while also juggling other social commitments. Writing down projects, meetings and other plans will also reduce the likelihood of forgetting an important deadline.
Finally, a good student must remember to make healthful living a priority. Too often, students rely on caffeine, sugar and other unhealthy stimuli to keep up. Instead of relying upon temporary energy boosts followed by inevitable crashes, the good student will make smart dietary and other health decisions. Eat right, include vegetables in your diet and get a minimum of seven hours of sleep. These healthy choices will keep the body and mind strong, making study sessions more productive.
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With less money available for college students on the federal level, colleges and universities across the country are looking for ways to help students save money. One of the first areas that are explored for savings is in textbook acquisition. Much to the disliking of the major publishing houses, text books are being offered in a variety of unique and cost-saving ways by colleges and universities. From iPad texts to downloadable e-books, college students are finding savings in a wide variety of textbook solutions.
Some unique savings we have seen at Paper Masters for textbook delivery include e-text downloadable on the university website. This method has been around for many years; with the trend most likely starting with the popular academic internet based solution, Blackboard. Students have been logging onto Blackboard for years and uploading their term papers, downloading class lectures and view course texts. Generally, textbooks are downloaded in .pdf form on sites like Blackboard. However, recently e-texts have been improved to be interactive work more like a wiki than a simple downloadable text.
With the launch of the iPad, it was Apple’s wish to break into the market of e-textbooks. In an extensive campaign to all the major academic publishing houses, Apple attempted to be the lone distributer of textbooks and turn the academic world upside down while offering substantial savings to students. Textbooks were rumored to be something that a student could rent by downloading them for a semester and then the rental period would expire and the text would no longer be available. Good idea? Apparently not, since it feel flat and Apple never succeeded on selling the big publishing companies on the idea. Profits won over practicality.
What does your university do to help with the cost of textbooks? Any innovative colleges providing a solution that needs to be passed on to other academic institutions. Let us know, we are all about saving student’s money.
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Halloween seems to have become more and more popular every year. It has risen to the holiday favorites list of many people. This especially seems to be the case across college and University campuses. What is it about this spooky celebration that nearly turns even the most rigid of students into “little devils”?
Halloween is celebrated about the same time as college midterms. Could it be that the stress and work load from ensuring good grades give students the perfect opportunity to release steam? Are they ready for a little bit of ghoulish fun after several weeks of keeping concentrated study? Who could blame them.
The stress of college brings on many complications in a college student’s life. Holloween is a great time to let loose and party within a fun atmosphere. A holloween party is a great way to meet people. Typically costums are involved and they give an opportunity to disguise, enhance or flavor one’s personality. Holloween can be as individual and original as you like or dress up as the typical wicked witch or swashbuckling pirate and be the life of the party with a traditional theme.
Perhaps dressing up as someone else or something else allows a young adult to freely explore other interests. The college years are the perfect time to investigate and discover one’s interests. Dressing up and letting one’s “hair down” is the perfect recipe for a student’s discovery.
Whatever the reason, Halloween is a big event on the campus. Happy Halloween from Paper Masters!
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Perfect for College Students - Dodo Case
As we all know, the iPad is a must have for the serious college student. But as handy and convenient as it is, a case is as much of a must have as the iPad itself. And one particular case stands alone… the Dodo case.
The Dodo case binding looks like a journal and is crafted by hand in San Francisco. Inside, the iPad is snuggly encased and protected by bamboo. The fabric on the inside cover comes in 7 different stylish color choices. There is even a mock library card inside with an individual number for your particular case. You can flip the cover around to slant the iPad as you use it on a flat surface, making the case as functional as it is attractive.
Using the Dodo case gives a student the feel of reading a real book with classic binding. The cover is regal almost and the inside is classy. It is so well made and the reviews are great. Check out this Youtube review and the video and how the case is hand made in the book binder shop at dodocase.com.
While the case may be a bit pricey it doesn’t seem to matter. Once you have seen the classy Dodo case, no other case compares. The different colors offer the buyer the opportunity to individualize the inside of his case. He can choose from red, blue, green, dark-blue, purple, yellow, white, orange, pink, grey and charcoal. The beautiful bamboo just adds to the beauty and experience of the Dodo case for the iPad. So if you’re writing research papers or researching or studying on your iPad.. you are going to want to case this in the Dodo case.
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The Written Journal Critique is approached in a similar manor no matter what area of study or discipline a college student is from. The following is basic but fool-proof formula (we all know I love formulaic writing!) for writing a journal article critique.
- Select an article from a current academic journal (2000-2009) that deals with gender issues related to criminal justice (this may be interdisciplinary). An academic journal is not a magazine, a book, newspaper, etc. Examples of acceptable academic journals include: Criminology, Social Forces, Criminal Justice Education, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Black Psychology, etc. Topics of selected articles should focus on a theoretical explanation of criminal behavior. NOTE: Academic journal articles may be obtained from electronic journals found on the internet.
- Provide a full copy of the article as an attachment when the critique is submitted for grading.
- Each student should have her/his selected article approved by the instructor.
- Read the article.
- Write a critique of the article selected. The written critique should include the following:
- An overview of the article.
- Description of the research problem.
- Research methods used to study the problem.
- Conclusion and/or recommendations from the author(s).
- Summary of the article (does it contribute to the current state of knowledge?).
Caution: Remember not to plagiarize the author’s work – this will result in an automatic failure.
The length of the written critique will vary according to the article and topic selected; however, a rough estimate would be 2 to 5 typed pages (double-spaced). The journal critique must be typed and the article must be included with your written paper. Length and Format of the Academic Peer-Reviewed Journal Critique: Written Journal Article Critiques must follow the basic guidelines, format, and style of the American Psychological Association (APA), including a cover page (same as for research papers), in-text citations, and a reference page. The length of the written journal article critique will vary according to the topic selected.
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TurnItIn.com begins Admissions Plagiarism Check
TurnItIn.com has been huge in preventing plagiarism at colleges and universities across the country. With a database of millions of research papers and access to all internet based sources, their ability to find plagiarism is virtually flawless. In an effort to expand their services, TurnItIn.com has begun collecting admissions essays. This database will be for college admissions departments to submit a perspective student’s admissions essay and check it for plagiarism. However, there are a few problems with this type of service…
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College Students Working at Oil Spill
It goes with out saying that the majority of Americans are extremely upset about the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. College students are being looked to as long-term resources for helping to clean up the ecological disaster from Florida to Louisiana. Especially during these summer months, when many are off until the end of August, many environmental groups are calling for students to help at a grass roots level all across the south. Just a few groups hoping the College Students will help out are: Read more…
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Adam Wheeler plagiarizes his way through life to prison
There is plagiarism and then there is PLAGIARISM! Adam Wheeler is the king of plagiarism, as he lied and forged his way through Harvard. The brilliant mind of Adam Wheeler was wasted on lying his way through just about every facet of his life. One must wonder what he was thinking and exactly how far did he think he could go with his ruse. At some point, someone expects a Harvard grad to actually perform and produce like a Harvard grad…or do they? Had he actually made it through Harvard, would he have made it outside the walls of academia? Probably…lets look at the evidence in his favor. Read more…
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Writing a research paper outline is a fundamental part of composing a coherent and well thought out research paper. The outline guides the writer through the process of presenting each important point in a logical manner. Without a research paper outline, it is easy for a busy college student, whose mind is swamped with facts and information, to stray off the research paper topic and blur the direction or thesis of the paper. Therefore, I can show you how to write a research paper outline in just a matter of minutes. Read more…
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The iPad is simply a “must have” for college students. Don’t get me started on the many of uses of the iPad for college students, that’s a post for another day. Today, we will look at the great iPad apps that help with studying, organizing, entertaining and partying for the college student.
Evernote for College Classes
1. Evernote
Evernote is perfect for note taking in college courses. You can take the notes on your iPad and they are automatically synced with your online account, which gives you computer access to your notes. Likewise, take the notes on your computer and then study them on the go on your iPad. Ever note also organizes and makes your notes cohesive and manageable with just a bit of tweaking.
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