5 Whys
To establish the root cause of a statement
Academic Conventions
To assess written work for academic quality
Aide-mémoires
To create aide-mémoires to remember key learning
Check-In
To assess own level of learning in a session
Cornell Note Taking
To take notes that can be referred to & used in & out of class
CRAAP
To identify the credibility of literature sources
Critical Incident Questions
To reflect on a learning experience
Defined Learning
To help students clarify their thoughts on a piece of learning
Devil’s Advocate
To encourage confidence in critical-thinking skills
Eat An Elephant
To identify study worries and plan interventions
Elevator Pitch
To be aware of the usefulness of the module
Fail Forward
To identify learning when mistakes are made
Feedback Phrasebank
To help students develop an effective feedback vocabulary
Glossary of Jargon
To assimilate key language related to the module
Go With The Flow
To identify the level of challenge in learning
Hermeneutic Cycle
To read a text critically
If-Then
To create a positive atmosphere to aid concentration
Keep, Add, Takeaway
Linking Words
To improve vocabulary for academic writing
Messy Magic
To get students to write an essay plan in a mind map
Motivating By Numbers
To identify motivations to complete tasks
Online writing Tips
To improve the quality of student writing
Oxford Union Debate
To debate in a group and contribute to a critical argument
Pièce de Résistance
To identify why a mistake was made
Public Declarations
To be name and own a study intention
Quick-fire Feedback
To quickly appraise student responses to learning
READ Backwards
To use questions to describe, analyse, evaluate & reflect on a text.
READ Backwards Applied
To use READ Backwards to develop critical thinking techniques
Reducing Thirds
To help students focus on their learning from a session
Revision Reminders
To be nudged about upcoming assignments
Road Map
To recognise where I am on my learning journey
SCREE – Self Assessment
To track progress and identify areas for work
Seven Pillars of Information Literacy
To identify how to find, critique and use academic information
Short Write
To improve confidence with academic writing
Silly Solutions
To generate solutions to a problem
Skim and Scan
To assess the relevance of a text
So What?
To use critical-thinking skills to defend an argument
SQ3R
To question academic texts
Starbursting
To ask questions for giving feedback or generating ideas
Study Buddy
To be supported throughout the module by a classmate