Psychology Tutor: Mentor (PSI) Psycho-Social Incarnation

Everything is Going to be OK! is my free pdf download~ a study support handbook for undergraduates of the psycho-social student tribe (PSST!). Get your free copy by signing up to the enewsletter on the homepage www.psitutor.org (scroll up ~:-) Feedback on this valuable resource is appreciated~

I subscribe to the Alerts newsletter and sometimes am given access to free articles. Below is a pic of my profile page to give you an idea of the options, such as Save Articles. Great for organising what to look for on your Library Databases at uni.

Familiarity with the language (jargon) of statistics is a must to enable learning and use of the tools.  Stats are useful as tools; they enhance your ability to communicate professionally in the workplace (graduate attributes). And~ In your job you can make some real changes for your clients/customers/patients as well for yourself to be a [...]

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Fan fare today as the Oscars are underway in LA, meanwhile, you the student need not miss out on the glitz and glamor. Today I wanted to transfer some of that celebrity excitement to study skill nominations. And number one for me, more than worthy of an Oscar (academically speaking) is Your learning environment. Following [...]

Happy joy! This is your first year of uni/college and whether you are continuing your ed from high school or are entering academia as a mature aged student, this is a time of excitement plus. O-Week (for the students in Oz) was hopefully a fun-filled frolic and Week 1 saw your map-reading and time-scheduling skills [...]

Continuing on today with my series on tutor:mentor programs for social science students and the potential to influence funding decisions by the Australia Government. Below are my posts to the symposium that my colleague and I are facilitating online for our course at USQ. Basically, the argument that successful tutor:mentor learning support programs jeopardize School/university [...]

This is a critical reflective piece of writing to do with an assignment I am putting together for my tertiary teaching course. I will split it up across a series of posts, otherwise it will be a lengthy read for just one ~:-) My colleague and I who have partnered for the online symposium that [...]

The best way to learn anything, is to make it relevant to your life. That simple. Really. I have been a busy bee on Twitter helping students relate their fav TV show characters and events or song lyrics to their lecture materials in psychology. Great for them~ as they learn to link new knowledge to [...]

A memory aid technique that I have used in my studies is mnemonics, the use of rhyme and/or visualization. A mnemonic can include sound, taste, touch or movement. For example, I often have to memorize new terms, or names of theorists and dates of their models etc. I make flashcards with a definition on one [...]