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BIOLOGY 106H - HINTS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS: o Attend ALL lectures and laboratories. There is no substitute for hearing things firsthand from the instructors. Pay attention in lecture and listen carefully. Try not to let the process of note taking interfere with your listening. Note taking must be learned. Don't write everything down but make sure you get the key points. Check your notes against a friend who takes notes well for completeness. Pay special attention to the key points raised in the lecture and readings and be able to explain their significance. o Read over carefully, but DO NOT memorize, the assigned material in your texts. Use the texts to clarify and complement the lecture notes. Before an examination try to identify likely questions that relate to key issues raised in the lectures. o Spread study time out evenly across days rather than for long periods on a single day. Don't wait to cram and get a good night of sleep before the exam. Its often useful to review materials before you sleep. Reinforcement helps memory. Read your notes to yourself out loud, or to a class mate, and/or copy notes into another book the same or next day after lecture. If you study with a friend this can be beneficial but stay focused on studying. Study time spent on other things won't help you in 106H. o If you have difficulty taking notes, taking examinations, identifying important concepts, etc., visit the LEARNING ASSISTANCE SERVICES (Room 2201, Shoemaker Building, X4-7693). The LAS staff offers a variety of helpful workshops. Descriptions of their programs and schedules are available in the laboratory. o There is no substitute for effort. You should be spending an average of 8-12 hrs per week outside of class working on BIOL 106 material and assignments. Do not hesitate to ask for assistance. Your TA attends lecture and so please ask questions at the beginning of lab. o If you are having difficulties with a question other students may to have the same question and will benefit from it being aired. We are here to help you. o Hang in there and keep working . 106 takes a different kind of thinking than other courses you may have had and it may take some time to become accustomed to how to think about the issues we cover.
NOTES ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. The Code of Academic Integrity is laid out in your undergraduate catalog. Definitions of academic dishonesty include: CHEATING: Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information or study aids in any academic exercise. FABRICATION: Intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or in an academic exercise. FACILITATION: Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of the Code of Academic Integrity. PLAGIARISM: Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one's own any academic exercise. Remember: While we encourage group work and thought in the laboratories, all written lab exercises are to be the work of individuals. Lab and papers reports which are found to be very similar in wording and structure will be considered as plagiarism and appropriate measures will be taken.
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