ASSESSMENT TWO - PREP NOTES AND INFORMATION

EP004 - ASSESSMENT   TWO PREPARATION

WHEN:     WEEK 8

TIME: FIRST 1 ½ HOURS OF YOUR USUAL CLASS 

VENUE: USUAL CLASS VENUE

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT: Short answer / written – COMPUTERS will be used.

-       You will need to:

o  Complete some theoretical questions on what we have covered since lecture 4

o  Conduct /refine a variety of searches through the Library page

o  Identify referencing information from your searches

o  Use your “Referencing Guide”

WHAT TO BRING for the assessment:

·      Referencing Guide (you can bring an unmarked paper version or access it from the Library page).

·      Pencil / pen

·      Highlighter

·      Eraser or whiteout

STUDY PREPARATION:

·      Assessment is based on work in Lectures 1-7

·      Homework tasks review the content covered

·      Review tasks at the end of lectures review the content covered

·      Study tasks on the Blog uploaded Sept 8th review the content and on blackboard

BE PUNCTUAL

Classwork as normal after assessment

STUDY TASKS FOR ASSESSMENT #2

EP004 - Study Tasks for Assessment Two

Please note:  The tasks are design for you to develop background knowledge and to practice skills. You will need to show your understanding and APPLY what you have learnt to different situations. These are not practise tasks for every question – it is only a guide. YOU NEED TO ORGANISE YOUR OWN REVIEW OF WORK TOO.

1.    Get your copy of the EP003 essay you handed in. Mark your own in text referencing by referring to your Reference Guide. Read the explanations and examples in your guide carefully. (if you don’t have a copy then write a direct quote from an article you have search and use in-text referencing)

2.    Analyse this topic question:

In the last 20 years, rates of divorce have risen significantly in Western countries. Critically analyse some of the different explanations given for this phenomenon.

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3.    What are the most relevant databases you would use for the following topics:

a.    Stress and heart disease.

b.    Advertising and business development

c.     Television and student concentration in classrooms.

4.    What is the quickest way you can find the databases you want.

5.    Search any of the topics above and choose the most relevant article.

a.    How did you do this?

b.    Why is the article you chose relevant?

c.     Can you refine your searches?

6.    Use the Reference guide to practice end text referencing using the above articles, then mark you own using the reference guide.

7.    Search for ebooks using the topics above. How do you choose the most relevant ebook?

8.    Practise writing the end text references using the above ebooks you found.

9.    What is a paraphrase?

10.    Make a checklist that will help you paraphrase effectively.