Dr. Franke's Skills Improvements

Welcome to the student skills improvement page. From here you can click to various materials I have prepared with the purpose of aiding students in learning better, easier, and faster. I hope you find them useful.

Before clicking to the sources below, read the following:

• Montclair State University students may freely download, print, or use these materials.
• All others, please send me an e-mail (franker@mail.montclair.edu) requesting the right to download or print.
• These materials are covered under US copyright law and you may not pass them onto anyone else or sell them without my permission.

1. The Anthropology Student Guide to Better Grades. Third edition. 1998. A 42-page booklet with suggestions about how to study more effectively, answer multiple choice and essay questions, and plan and write term papers.
2. The Student Guide to AnthropoLOGICAL THINKING. 1995. A 39-page booklet with suggestions on how to think about and critique anthropological research.
3. The Research Paper—A Guide to its Structure. Typical contents of a research paper and suggestions about how to draft each section. Includes a detailed list of suggestions on how to present data in tables to get the most effect from them.
4. How to Cite Sources and Make a Bibliography in Anthropology. How to cite and list books, journal articles, and chapters in edited collections. Where to look for other citation problems.
5. How to Prepare a Resume for a job or a Curriculum Vitae for an academic application. An outline view of the main headings is provided with a link to a more detailed description of what you should put under each heading.
6. Graduate School Questions and Answer Guide.
7. Classroom Courtesy Suggestions. How to improve your classroom performance individually and contribute to a better classroom atmosphere for all.
8. Virginia Polytech Study Skills Site.
9. How to Use the Harvard Library for a Literature Search.
10. Columbia College of Missouri Reading Strategies