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SSK 1204 - Applied Independent Learning Methods

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The Writing Center: The writing center is potentially one of the most helpful resources for writing at Al Akhawayn University. Your instructor may or may not demand that you visit the center, but you can use the center for planning how you will approach assignments, getting another opinion on how you will organize drafts or essays, getting an outside reader to review your drafts for content, form, or language, and polishing final drafts for final presentation. The center is a proven asset for students at Al Akhawayn University.

APA This is a link to information on how to cite and create referecnces of routisde sources using the APA guidelines. As you are already familiar with the basics of APA formatting and citation, its use is a minimum requirement for all written work unless stated otherwise by your instructor.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing This is an excellent page to help develop your critical thinking and research skills. Use it early.

The Writing Studio at Duke University. This page has many useful links to Writing Resources for student writing

Citing Electronic Sources (www, email, CD Rom...)

Plagiarism and its consequences: Take a look at this site to consider again how plagiarism can affect you. The process of learning how to write entails learning how to write by yourself, developing your own ideas and strengthening your own powers of expression. Don't waste this effort by copying from someone else.

Further readings

On the topic of Identity Development in Adolescence:

Becker, A. (2004). Television, disordered eating, and young women in Fiji: negotiating body image and identity during rapid social change. In Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, Vol. 28 Issue 4, pp 533-559.

Butcher, M. (2004). Universal processes of cultural change: reflections on the identity strategies of Indian and Australian youth. In Journal of Intercultural Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp 215-231.

On annotated bibliography:

Reference Department; Instruction, Research, and Information Services (IRIS);
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY, USA. September 2005. How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography

The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2004. Annotated Bibliographies

University of Minnesota Crookston UMC Library. October 2005. Writing an Annotated Bibliography