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Top tips for study success. Click on the links to download pdf handouts to help you with your studies
Study Skills | To identify the skills you have/need for successful study | |
Critical Thinking | To use questions to describe, analyse, evaluate and reflect on a text. | |
To develop levels of critical thinking skills | ||
To use 4 key ideas for creative thinking | ||
Academic Reading | To identify the credibility of literature sources | |
To read texts critically | ||
To establish academic reading needs | ||
To identify how to find, critique and use academic information | ||
Academic Writing | To take notes that can be referred to and used in and out of class | |
To plan a structure for a written assignment | ||
To improve vocabulary for academic writing | ||
To structure written work well | ||
To structure written work well | ||
To use citations to build an argument in academic writing | ||
To improve criticality in academic writing | ||
To identify the stages in a plan for a writing assignment | ||
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 |
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Here are some tips to help you stay focused, get organised and be productive. Click on the title to go to the handout:
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