Better Posters

Better Posters
Author: Zen Faulkes
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2021-05-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1784272361

Better posters mean better research. Distilling over a decade of experience from the popular Better Posters blog, Zen Faulkes will help you create a clear and informative conference poster that delivers maximum impact. Academics have used posters to share research for more than five decades, and tens of thousands of posters are presented at conferences every year. Despite the popularity of the format, no in-depth guide has been available on how to create and deliver compelling conference posters. From over-long titles, tiny text and swarms of logos, to bad font choices, chaotic colour schemes and blurry images – it’s easy to leave viewers confused about your poster’s message. The solution is Better Posters: a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know – from writing a title and submitting an abstract, to designing the poster and finally presenting it in the poster session. Your conference poster will be one of your first research outputs, and the poster session is your first introduction to a professional community. Making a great poster develops the skills to create publications, reports, outreach and teaching materials throughout your career. This book also has material for conference organizers on how to make a better poster session for their attendees.

Create Your Research Poster

Create Your Research Poster
Author: Corina Lacatus
Publisher: Super Quick Skills
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-05-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781529767575

A Super Quick guide to translating your research into an effective, well-designed poster for any kind of assessment.

Create Your Research Poster

Create Your Research Poster
Author: Corina Lacatus
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2021-04-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529769280

Need to design a research poster but not sure where to start? This book breaks down everything you need to know about translating your research project into an effective research poster. Learn the basic elements of good poster design Ensure your poster captures all the relevant aspects of your research Understand how to tell a story with your poster. Super Quick Skills provide the essential building blocks you need to succeed at university - fast. Packed with practical, positive advice on core academic and life skills, you’ll discover focused tips and strategies to use straight away. Whether it’s writing great essays, understanding referencing or managing your wellbeing, find out how to build good habits and progress your skills throughout your studies. Learn core skills quickly Apply right away and see results Succeed in your studies and life. Super Quick Skills give you the foundations you need to confidently navigate the ups and downs of university life.

Curriculum by Design

Curriculum by Design
Author: Mary Thomas Crane
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2023-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1531501346

This book tells the story of how a team of colleagues at Boston College took an unusual approach (working with a design consultancy) to renewing their core and in the process energized administrators, faculty, and students to view liberal arts education as an ongoing process of innovation. It aims to provide insight into what they did and why they did it and to provide a candid account of what has worked and what has not worked. Although all institutions are different, they believe their experiences can provide guidance to others who want to change their general education curriculum or who are being asked to teach core or general education courses in new ways. The book also includes short essays by a number of faculty colleagues who have been teaching in BC’s new innovative core courses, providing practical advice about the challenges of trying interdisciplinary teaching, team teaching, project-or problem-based learning, intentional reflection, and other new structures and pedagogies for the first time. It will also address some of the nuts and bolts issues they have encountered when trying to create structures to make curriculum change sustainable over time and to foster ongoing innovation.

Stand Out With Your Scientific Poster

Stand Out With Your Scientific Poster
Author: Toon Verlinden
Publisher: Lannoo Meulenhoff - Belgium
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2024-03-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9401404984

Are you a researcher who struggles when it comes to creating scientific posters? Or do you simply want to get better at it? This book provides you with a step-by-step guide to making a poster that has real impact. To ensure you stand out from the crowd at your next poster fair. A practical guide that gives you answers to questions like: what to put on a poster (and mainly: what not to)? How do you come up with a title that immediately grabs people's attention? What are the best images to use? How many words can you include on your poster? And much, much more... Everything you need to get started step by step and quickly achieve the best result. Stand Out With Your Scientific Poster is the first book in the PhD Essentials series. The authors Toon Verlinden and Hans Van de Water are international experts in science communication. They have trained tens of thousands of researchers in how to clearly present their project, and also wrote The Floor Is Yours: because life is too short for bad presentations.

Essentials of Research Methods for Educators

Essentials of Research Methods for Educators
Author: Anastasia Kitsantas
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2024-01-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071830724

Essentials of Research Methods for Educators is a comprehensive resource designed for future educational professionals. It provides an in-depth overview of data literacy and research methods, using concrete examples for better understanding. The book covers qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, and offers a highly scaffolded approach, making research projects manageable.

Understanding Research for Business Students

Understanding Research for Business Students
Author: Jonathan Wilson
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1526455021

Are you conducting business research for the first time and aren′t sure where to begin? This book gives you everything you need to successfully complete your research project. From choosing a direction for your research and considering ethics to data collection and presenting your results, it offers straightforward guidance on every step of the research process. Covering topics such as social media research, group working and how to research your own organisation, it provides a thorough view of research for business and management students. The book: Enables you visualise how each stage of research links to the next, and makes sure you don′t miss a step with a handy ′Research Project Wheel′ Empowers you to increase your employability and develop transferable skills, such as proposal writing and data analysis Provides student research examples that show common challenges you might face - and how to address them. Key features include research snapshots, offering short how-to examples for doing real research, and concept cartoons, which put forward different views about research so you can broaden your knowledge. It also has end-of-chapter questions, online multiple choice questions and Kahoot! questions so you can test your understanding. Guiding you through working with and understanding both primary and secondary data, this book is the perfect companion for any undergraduate conducting a business and management research project.

Designing and Managing a Research Project

Designing and Managing a Research Project
Author: Michael Jay Polonsky
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-10-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1544316453

Designing and Managing a Research Project: A Business Student’s Guide is a practical, step-by-step guide that shows business students how to successfully conduct a research project, from choosing the topic to presenting the results. The authors have applied their many years of experience in supervising student projects to provide examples of actual research problems and to offer practical solutions. The inclusion of topics such as supervision, group work and ethics, and both qualitative and quantitative data analysis, along with examples from real student research provide a unique perspective. The new Fourth Edition includes broader types of student project examples, such as an Economics thesis, additional international business cases, increased coverage of Questionnaire Design and Institutional Review Boards, and an integrated case throughout the book on "High Performance Shoes" with supporting materials and data. Additional resources including case studies, PowerPoint slides, and test bank are available on the authors’ website.

Using Microsoft Excel for Social Research

Using Microsoft Excel for Social Research
Author: Charlotte Brookfield
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-01-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529753228

Full of practical advice and real-world examples, this step-by-step guide offers you an accessible introduction to doing quantitative social research using Microsoft Excel.

Organizing and Managing Your Research

Organizing and Managing Your Research
Author: Renata Phelps
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2007-02-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446233685

`As research guides go, this is probably the best, most readable and encouraging books for nurses that I have come across....I recommend this volume to students and researchers at all levels, and at all stages of their professional careers. It is an excellent read′ - Nursing Standard ′[This book] is an ideal reader for someone who is thinking about starting a research project with no or limited previous experience. This is because it outlines the whole research process from start to finish. It also provides useful tips for those who are more experienced′ - Nurse Researcher Organizing and Managing Your Research: A Practical Guide for Postgraduates deals with the practical, day-to-day aspects of managing and organizing research. Its focus is on strategies, skills, and systems that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of research practice across all research disciplines. Written in an accessible, non-technical style that speaks directly to the reader in a personal and collegial voice, this text gives practical advice and offers many tips and strategies gleaned from experienced researchers. The written text is accompanied by a website that provides downloadable templates and live links to appropriate sites. Key Features include: - Tips boxes to outline useful strategies and shortcuts based on day-to-day practice of experienced researchers. - Feature examples illustrate the practical application of some of the concepts covered - `Want to know more about ...?′ boxes offer pointers to further sources of information - `Over to you′ questions at the end of each chapter prompt the student to reflect on how the strategies and concepts can be applied to their own research project