Essential skills for science and technology:
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| adam_text | Titel: Essential skills for science and technology
Autor: Zeegers, Peter
Jahr: 2011
Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Guided Tour xiv
Preface xvi
About the Authors xviii
PART 1 YOU AND TERTIARY STUDY 1
1 You and the University 3
Graduate attributes 4
Transition to university 5
Academic preparedness 7
Academic progress 8
Financial affairs 8
Personal concerns 8
Family and social issues 8
Isolation 8
Uncertainty 8
Skills for academic success 10
Recommendations 10
2 Being Organised 12
Why time management is important 13
How do you cope with all the demands on your time? 13
Setting your goals 14
Planning 14
IV CONTENTS
The study timetable 15
Resources 17
Using your time well 17
Late submissions 18
Time wasting 19
Procrastination 19
PART 2 LEARNING AND RESEARCHING 23
3 Modes of Learning for Higher Education 25
What is learning? 26
Memory 27
The learning curve 29
Preferences for learning 31
Sensory aspects of learning styles 31
Visual 31
Auditory 32
Kinaesthetic or tactile 32
Learning for meaning 32
Monitoring your own learning 32
Advice from successful students 33
Keep up 33
The topic syllabus 33
Get to know your classmates 33
Survey the entire work 34
Reading, highlighting, and taking notes 34
The card system 34
Review information 35
4 Lectures, Tutorials, and Laboratories 37
Lectures 38
Listening 39
Effective note taking 40
Mechanics 41
Editing and reviewing 41
Summaries 41
Translations 42
Laws of science 45
Tutorials 46
Practical and laboratory classes 47
Laboratory safety 4tJ
CONTENTS
5 E-learning and Research 50
Five levels of e-learning 51
Information retrieval 51
Knowledge databases 52
Online support 52
Asynchronous instruction 52
Synchronous instruction 53
The virtual library and electronic resources 53
Databases 53
Citation indexes 55
The Internet 57
The World Wide Web 57
Using search engines for research 58
How to sort information 59
Improving your search results 59
Web-based learning 60
Learning tools 61
Net etiquette 62
6 Assessments 63
Grading systems 64
Continual assessment 65
Exams 65
Tackling exams 67
Preparation 67
Techniques 68
Self-confidence 70
About the exam 71
Format 71
Length 71
Value 71
The multiple-choice exam 72
PARTS CRITICAL EVALUATION . .75
7 Reading Scientific Literature 77
The scientific literature 78
Textbooks, reference books, and handbooks 78
Reviews, monographs, and annuals 78
Journal articles 78
Scientific abstracts, citations, and electronic databases 79
VI CONTENTS
Reading concerns 79
Asking specific questions 81
Critical reading of journals 82
Skim reading 82
Critical reading 83
8 Critical Thinking 85
Science and the pursuit of knowledge 86
Knowledge, scepticism, and critical thinking 87
Why be a critical thinker? 89
How to be a critical thinker 90
What is justification? 90
Assessing evidence 91
Critical thinking and argumentation 92
9 Academic Argument 94
What is an academic argument? 95
When do you need to present an argument? 96
What makes a good argument? 96
Types of argument 96
Deductive reasoning 97
Inductive reasoning 99
What makes a weak or strong inductive argument? 100
Using good argument in your writing 102
PART 4 WRITING AND PRESENTING IN THE SCIENCES 105
10 Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 107
Why do we need academic integrity? 108
What is plagiarism? 108
Other forms of unethical behaviour 109
Referencing 110
Paraphrasing correctly 111
Group work 116
11 Referencing Styles 118
Referencing styles 119
Non-referenced material 120
Author-date style 120
Citations in the text 120
Reference list 121
Vancouver style 125
Citations in the text 125
CONTENTS VII
Reference list 126
Keeping track of your references 129
12 Writing for the Sciences 130
Analysis of the question 133
Example of assignment questions 133
Questions you may want to ask 134
Source materials 134
Planning the structure of the assignment 134
The idea of themes 135
Sections of the written assignment 136
Introduction 136
Body of the text 137
Summary and conclusions 137
References 138
Using graphs, tables, and figures 138
Putting it all together: language 139
A proposed structure for scientific writing 141
Final checklist 142
Presentation 142
Introduction 143
Discussion 143
Conclusions 143
13 Writing a Report 144
Title page and inside cover 145
Terms of reference 146
Table of contents 146
Executive summary or abstract 147
Introduction 148
Materials and methods 148
Main findings 148
1 Results 148
2 Discussion 149
3 Conclusions 149
4 Recommendations 149
References 149
Appendices and attachments 150
Final checklist 150
Format and Presentation 150
Executive summary 150
Introduction 150
VIII CONTENTS
Results and discussion 151
Conclusions and recommendations 151
Language and expression 151
14 Writing a Laboratory Report 152
Language and style 153
Objective language 154
Active or passive voice 154
Past or present tense 154
Words to keep in mind when writing 154
Clarity 154
Correctness
155
Completeness 155
Simplicity 155
Readability 155
Objectivity 156
Writing a laboratory report 156
Title 156
Abstract 156
Introduction 157
Materials and methods 157
Results 157
Discussion 158
Summary and conclusions 159
References 159
Appendices 159
Checklist 159
Presentation 159
Introduction 159
Methods 160
Results 160
Discussion 160
Conclusions 160
15 Writing an Article Review 164
What is an article review? 165
Research article types 165
Simple structure 166
Additional elements 166
Critical analysis 167
Critiquing an experimental or empirical article I68
A template for reviewing empirical articles I69
CONTENTS IX
16 Presentation Skills: Talks and Posters 171
Oral presentations 172
Preparation 173
Delivery 176
Poster presentations 177
Presentation 178
17 Editing Your Writing 181
The editor s toolbox 182
Structural editing 182
Copy-editing 183
Proofreading 184
Common faults in English expression 185
Top spots for errors 185
Common error types 185
Use of commas 186
Avoiding tautology 187
Distinguishing meaning 188
Parallel structure 188
PART 5 QUANTITATIVE METHODS 183
18 An Approach to Problem Solving 191
Blocks to problem solving 192
Steps in problem solving 193
Clarifying the problem 193
Devising a plan of attack 193
Implementing the plan 194
Checking the answer 194
19 Fundamental Mathematics 198
Order of operations 199
Exponents-powers and roots 200
Multiplying and dividing powers 200
Powers of powers 201
Negative powers 201
Roots and fractional powers 201
Scientific notation 202
Addition and subtraction 204
Multiplication and division 204
Logarithms 205
What are logarithms? 206
CONTENTS
Laws of logarithms 207
Equations and dimensions 208
Units and dimensions (dimensional analysis) 209
20 An Introduction to Calculus 212
Differential calculus 213
Integral calculus 217
21 Basic Statistics 221
Categorising data 222
Drawing and using graphs 224
Drawing lines on graphs 225
Drawing inferences from graphs 227
Interpolation 228
Extrapolation 228
Relationships between variables 228
Statistical terminology 231
Appendices 232
1 Key words in written assignment questions 232
2 Unusual plurals 234
3 Prefixes 235
4 The use of apostrophes 236
5 SI units and fundamental constants 238
Bibliography 243
Online Resources 248
Index 255
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