Biblio Bulletin

Everybody thinks they know how to study. There is so much information that is repeated and ingrained into every student’s brain that there is no reason to question effectiveness of the common methods. Recent studies have called some of these ideas into question though by providing some evidence based data to the study lore. Below are some research based study methods that will help you improve your study habits and hopefully your grades and understanding of a subject. Alternate the place where you study can help improve retention. One experiment had one group of college students study a list of vocabulary words in two distinctly different places and another group limit their studying to one room. The group that changed their location did far better. This finding has been confirmed in several subsequent studies. (Carey D.1) Check out this list of  great study spaces at D'Youville (not all are in the Montante Family Library). Do you bel...

Improving your presentations can be one way to increase student engagement in your classes. Students report that impressive presentations can make a difference in their overall impression of an instructor. This favorable impression goes beyond the presentation of information and into all aspects of the class experience [1].  Visual representations are especially important in anatomy classes. An old black and white handout of the skeletal system is likely to provoke some questions of your competency among students. Illustration: Presentation Diagnosis - DOA Minimize text information on your visuals and try not to read the text to the class. Not only can everyone read the text, but information presented in this way is not as easily absorbed as simply viewing visuals and listening to a speaker. The visual should emphasize the information being presented. [2][2] Text information related to the image should be within close proximity so that viewers can make an easy assoc...

Trying to memorize structures within the body and their relationships to each other is hard work. You may not have time to trek to the Montante Family library or lab to work with a model or you might just need a quick refresher on one area where you are having problems. Visible Body Human Anatomy has a solution. Using index cards to memorize visual information has its limitations and flipping through a book does not allow you to move the body around for better views. VBHA allows you to select areas of interest and advance through these images at your own pace. Using the not-so-intuitively named “Tour” feature, you can create electronic flashcards. The “Tour” tool allows you to pan and zoom the high definition imagery on any body structure that you have saved, so you can get new insights about these structures without losing track of what you wanted to study. Creating a tour is easy, but it first requires that you create your own personal login. Once you have created an ac...

Are you a D'Youville College student looking to build up some confidence going into that big anatomy exam? There are many tried and true methods for preparing for a test such as rereading your notes and creating your own outline but one of the more effective ways to study is to use quizzes .  What better way to practice for a test than to actually take a test? Visible Body comes complete with easy to access quizzes that make it easy for anatomy students who are preparing for an upcoming test. Quizzes in all major system groups such as circulatory, skeletal, digestive, nervous system, reproductive, respiratory and urinary sectors. The quizzes include over 1200 questions from 125 areas of the body. You will see all the quizzes arranged into the major systems upon clicking on the “Quiz” link from the top menu. After choosing the area that you are interested in you will be presented a screen with the body area and a text area asking you to select a specific bo...