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Changing the Way Students Perform Online Research

  Google and other search engines have changed the way people locate information.  The problem is that online students think of Google as a proper tool to use to perform research for assignments.  Google Scholar may provide access to some scholarly research. ...

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Marketers Use Retina-Tracking and Facial-Scanning Devices

  The latest technological advances have allowed for marketers to perform experiments that used to be the things only considered in science fiction.   Shoppers may soon have their retinas and facial expressions scanned to determine their product preferences. ...

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What is a Peer-Reviewed Journal?

Today’s Ask Dr. Diane:  My professor told me I have to cite using scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.  What does that mean? College students are often asked to include scholarly peer-reviewed journals as sources for citations.  If the school offers an online library,...

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Top 10 Tips for Surviving a Doctoral Dissertation

Today's Ask Dr. Diane:  Do you have any suggestions on how to avoid the pitfalls many other doctoral students may have encountered when writing their dissertations? As a doctoral chair, I guide students through the process of writing a dissertation.  There are...

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Spot the Fake Smile: Fun Test That May Surprise You

Have you ever wondered if that smile someone flashed you is sincere?  You might want to check out some research on the BBC Science site.  “Their experiment is designed to test whether you can spot the difference between a fake smile and a real one.  It has 20...

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Top 5 Most Intriguing Lists

The How Stuff Works website is a great resource to find out just about everything about anything.  While doing research for my books, I ran into some interesting lists that I will be sharing with my students.  I particularly like the list of misspelled words, but...

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Facial Recognition and Emotional Intelligence

I have quite a few of my doctoral students who are working on their dissertation on emotional intelligence.  In our book, It's Not You It's Your Personality, Toni Rothpletz and I include a chapter about emotional intelligence.  When I wrote my dissertation on the...

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Millennial Women – What Millennial Women Think

via womensissues.about.com Millennial women - born between 1980 and 1995 - are part of a generation that's bigger than the baby boomers and more influential. Studies indicate that millennial women believe work-life balance is achievable and don't see gender bias as an...

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