Top tips for study success. Click on the links to download handouts to help you with your studies
| Study Skills | Study Skills Mind Map | To identify the skills you have/need for successful study | |
| Critical Thinking | READ Backwards | To use questions to describe, analyse, evaluate and reflect on a text. | |
| Taxonomy of Thinking | To develop levels of critical thinking skills | ||
| WE-CO for Creativity | To use 4 key ideas for creative thinking | ||
| Academic Reading | CRAAP | To identify the credibility of literature sources | |
| Hermeneutic Circle | To read texts critically | ||
| Reading Assessment | To establish academic reading needs | ||
| Seven Pillars Of Information Literacy | To identify how to find, critique and use academic information | ||
| Active Reading Plan | To structure and direct your reading | ||
| Active Reading Bookmark | To remind you when structuring and directing reading | ||
| Reading Critically Bookmark | To remind you of critical reading techniques | ||
| Strategic Reading Bookmark | To remind you of academic reading strategies | ||
| Academic Reading Log | To log all your reading and notes | ||
| Academic Writing | Cornell Note Taking | To take notes that can be referred to and used in and out of class | |
| Essay Structure | To plan a structure for a written assignment | ||
| Linking words | To improve vocabulary for academic writing | ||
| PECTA | To structure written work well | ||
| PEEL | To structure written work well | ||
| Quotation Sandwich | To use citations to build an argument in academic writing | ||
| Sentence Starters for Critical Writing | To improve criticality in academic writing | ||
| Steps in Academic Writing | To identify the stages in a plan for a writing assignment | ||
| Top tips to improve writing | |||
| Writing Your Research Report | |||
| Writing Assessment | To identify strengths and real for development in academic writing |
Time Management | To identify study worries and plan interventions | |
To prioritise tasks into urgent and non-urgent | ||
To be aware of time constraints during the assessment period and to have a clear plan | ||
To identify priorities, both important & urgent | ||
Self Awareness/Learning to Learn | To be aware of one’s own personal development | |
To compile a list of required skills for the module | ||
To be aware of progress of learning | ||
To track and analyse progress of learning | ||
To identify students’ approach to learning |
Studying Home Alone?
Here are some tips to help you stay focused, get organised and be productive. Click on the title to go to the handout: