RE: [tips] How to succeed at university

2014-09-08 Thread Miguel Roig
_ From: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 8:59 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] How to succeed at university Don't spend class time catching up on Facebook, Twitter, etc. You AREN'T subconsciously taking in what t

Re: [tips] How to succeed at university

2014-09-07 Thread Christopher Green
Don't spend class time catching up on Facebook, Twitter, etc. You AREN'T subconsciously taking in what the teacher is saying. You might as well still be home in your pyjamas. Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 chri...@yorku.ca http:

Re: [tips] How to succeed at university

2014-09-07 Thread don allen
Hi Jim- Definitely agree with distributing study time. I used to tell students to limit studying t0 1/2 hour per subject per eight hour period. Also, mindful rather than mindless study. Why are you studying this? What are you going to do with the information? How is this knowledge connected to

RE: [tips] How to succeed at university

2014-09-07 Thread Jim Matiya
Hi JIm, Here is an article I recently used with my students, but I am not sure if i is what yo uare looking for... Jim Jim Matiya Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have th

RE:[tips] How to succeed at university

2014-09-07 Thread Miguel Roig
Jim, I have my students read the following essay written by former (?) TIPS member, Patrick Cabe: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/Why%20is%20Intro%20Psych%20so%20difficult.htm. Miguel From: Jim Clark [j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 20