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Success in tertiary study

Success in tertiary study. Cindy Wee Te Puna Ako learning centr e. Outline of this presentation. Qualities for success in tertiary study Study skills required for success in tertiary study. What do you think are the key qualities a student needs to be successful at study?.

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Success in tertiary study

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  1. Success in tertiary study Cindy Wee Te PunaAko learning centre

  2. Outline of this presentation • Qualities for success in tertiary study • Study skills required for success in tertiary study

  3. What do you think are the key qualities a student needs to be successful at study?

  4. Have study goals

  5. Have strategies to achieve your goals

  6. How to keep focussed on your goals? Plan • Monitor • Reflect • Adjust

  7. Manage your time

  8. Set your priorities • Put aside time to do the important and urgent things • Use a study time table

  9. Use your diary and wall planner

  10. Adapt to the learning and teaching styles • Be open and willing to adapt to new ways of learning.

  11. Be independent in learning

  12. Be resourceful • find ways and means to deal with your study problem

  13. Develop your critical thinking • Develop your thinking by looking at an issue with different perspectives

  14. Have a questioning mind

  15. Working with others

  16. 1 expand experience, culture and knowledge 2 share ideas and gain extra perspectives do group projects form study support groups 3 4

  17. Develop your academic skills • Note taking & note making • Academic reading • Academic writing • Exam techniques

  18. Note taking - lectures • Be prepared • Structure in lecture • Listen actively • Record key points • Use mind maps

  19. Think of reading as communication and  thinking. Searching for the answers while you read will result in more active reading. Academic reading

  20. Academic writing • Analyse the assignment question • Structure your writing • Write your ideas coherently and logically • Support your ideas with references • Use formal language • Edit and proofread your work

  21. Research skills Identify the task Search relevant information Use reading strategies Avoid Plagiarism Reference your work

  22. Language skills Communicate and interact Extensive reading Practise writing Seek help from learning centres

  23. Make use of the support system and facilities in the campus • IT • Library • Student learning support centre: Te PunaAko Learning centre, Pasifika Centre, Maia • Student Union & its services

  24. All the best!

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