Top Study Skills

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Top Study Skills

• Time management
• Note-making
• Social bookmarking
• Internet research skills
• Plagiarism
• Writing Structure

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Time Management

• Take control
• Reduce the mountain to rubble
• He who plans will pass
• He who waits will wither

3
Note-making

• Why make notes?
• Have a purpose
• Take control of the text
• A clear personal style
• Are you NUTs?
• Review asap
• Highlight or Box Keywords to increase usability.

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Social Bookmarking

• www.delicious.com
• www.diigo.com
• www.pearltrees.com

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Internet Skills
www.ixquick.com

• Search engines
• Search tips
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Agenda
• Bias
• Age of information

www.dogpile.com
www.bing.com
Know your keywords
Combine them using Boolean
Use punctuation
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Plagiarism

• Most common reason for expulsion from university
• Exam boards are using new software
• Referencing, Citations and Bibliographies

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Referencing

• Within your text
• Smith (2005) says Diabetes 2 is now the most
  common form in Scotland.
• Or
• Diabetes 2 is now believed to be the most common
  form of the disease in Scotland (Smith 2005).
• Or
• Diabetes 2 is considered to be the most common
  form (Smith 2005) of the disease in Scotland.

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Citations

• In the text
• Smith (2005) to flag up this evidence in support
  of your argument.
• or
• (Smith 2005) goes at the end of the statement or
  quote being used.

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Bibliography
in alphabetical order
List all your sources in a
at the end of your piece

• Book
• Smith, E. (2005) Diabetes in the U.K. London
  Longman.
• Author Date of publication Title Where
  published and by who.
• Web article
• Smith, E. (2005) Diabetes in the U.K. Available
  at www.bbc.co.uk/diabetes
• (Accessed 10/9/10).
• Author Date written Title Web location
  Access date.

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Writing Structure

• Beginnings and Ends
• Paragraph structure
• Description Vs Analysis
• Analysis Advanced Level