Web Links - Department of Psychology

Improving Your Study and Learning Skills
Students sometimes approach faculty members and ask questions such as "What can I do to improve my grade?" On some occasions these questions are precursors to requests for "extra credit" exercises, but sometimes students are truly seeking guidance of a more fundamental nature: Is there a better way to study, to learn, or to solve problems? McGraw Hill Publishers have asked this question of faculty across the country, and they have posted a number of short essays on their website: McGraw Hill Study Tips. We encourage you to read through this collection to find ways to improve your critical thinking skills, how to learn while in class, to manage time, perform better on tests, study efficiently and effectively for tests, write better term papers, and solve word/logic problems through means other than guessing.

Improving Your Writing Skills
Faculty members in the Department of Psychology are now requiring more writing assignments of their students. The sites identified below provide information that may assist students in preparing these assignments.

OU Writing Center
The Oakland University Writing Center is located at 212 Kresge Library; look for the Joan Rosen Writing Studio in the northwest corner of the library. Staff, faculty and peer writing consultants are available to assist you in improving your writing skills.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
This section of Purdue's OWL provides a very useful summary of APA style.

University of Washington’s Psychology Writing Center
This website provides many useful resources for writing in APA format.