Academic Excellence Workshops
For more information, contact Lisa Haydon at 415-257-1317 or lisa.haydon@dominican.edu
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WORKSHOPS OFFERED IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER (TLC), BERTRAND 110
SPRING 2013 SCHEDULE
| WORKSHOP | DATE | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Intro to Research Strategies | Monday, March 25th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Tuesday, March 26th | 5:10-5:55pm | |
| Moodle for Students | Tuesday, February 19th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Excel Spreadsheet | Wednesday, February 20th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Thursday, February 28th | 5:10-5:55pm | |
| PowerPoint | Wednesday, February 6th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Tuesday, March 19th | 5:10-5:55pm | |
| Stress and Health Management | Thursday, April 11th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Test-Taking Strategies | Thursday, February 14th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Wednesday, March 27th | 4:00-5:00pm | |
| Tuesday, April 16th | 4:00-5:00pm | |
| APA Documentation Style | Monday, February 11th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| MLA Documentation Style | Monday, February 25th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Turabian (Chicago) Documentation Style | Monday, March 4th | 4:00-5:00pm |
| Creating a Personal Budget | Wednesday, February 13th | 4:00-5:00pm |
Workshop Descriptions
Test-taking strategies: Prepare for a test and analyze all parts of an exam. The best ways to approach answering multiple choice questions, writing essays, and taking true or false exams. Analyze examples of real test questions.
Stress and health management: Minimize stress and improve energy and well-being while getting good grades.
Quick Intro to research strategies: Learn about researching tools, credible sources, and incorporating sources into your papers.
Creating a personal budget: Five easy steps to understand spending, create a plan, and stick to a budget.
APA, MLA, and turabian documentation: Each style is presented in a separate, one-hour workshop that gives basic instruction on using the documentation style. Useful handouts provided.
SPSS: Learn the basics about using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to compute means, standard deviations, correlations, and t-tests. By appointment only.
Math Mastery: Save time, reduce anxiety, and boost test scores through the proper approach to the study of mathematics. For all levels of college math.
ONLINE ONLY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WORKSHOPS
How to Write a Literature Review: The complete basics for understanding and writing literature reviews in this step-by-step workshop.
How to Write an Abstract: Write a research abstract to use in submitting research documents for course work or publication, and for preparation for formal presentations. For all majors.
Fearless Test-Taking: Effectively stop test anxiety and improve your grades.
Goal Setting and Time Management: Formulate, organize, and achieve your goals in a timely manner. Overcome procrastination by creating and following a weekly schedule.
How to Master a Science Text: Best strategies for reading scientific texts, finishing all the reading, and retaining information.
Studying for Finals: Improve your overall preparation for your exams. Move past your procrastination and gain new skills!
THE FOLLOWING ARE OFFERED PER STUDENT OR FACULTY REQUEST
How to read a philosophy text: Best strategies for reading philosophical texts, finishing all the reading, and retaining information.
Medical terminology: A quick overview and introduction to the foundation of common medical words for students interested in healthcare. Recognize the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes, and develop basic skills in deciphering the meaning of unfamiliar terms. (Offered in class by faculty request.)
Plagiarize? Not me! What is, and is not plagiarism? What are the consequences of plagiarizing at Dominican? Learn to define, identify, and avoid plagiarism in your papers.
