Unit1: Introduction to study skills
Seven approaches to learning
What are study skills?
- Learning can be an adventure
- Use many senses
- Identify what attracts you
- Use active learning
- Take responsibility for you learning
- Trust in your own intelligence
- Personalise your learning
Self-management skills for study
Academic skills
People skills for studying with others
Task management skills
Independence, skills management, Learning, Strategies, Time, Improving performance, Metacognitive skills, Reflection.
Basic research skills
Thinking skills
Finding information, Reading, Using multiple sources, Making notes, Organisational skills.
Decision making, Memory skills, Critical thinking skills, Creative problem-solving and synthesis, Understanding.
Producing set items, Managing the process, Meeting given requirements, Following the appropriate protocols, Using specialist equipment and resources, Project management.
Understanding academic conventions
Written and other communications skills
Higher education, your academic discipline, Foundation concepts, Knowledge, Specialist terminology, Sound methodologies, Ethical awareness, Academic intergrity, Evidence.
Precision, Structure and clarity, Style and format, Audience awareness, Citing and referencing, Subject discipline.
Taking an active part, Contributing constructively, Peer feeback, Making presentations, Collaborative team working and groupwork, Supporting others.