Academic skills

Academic skills - Reflective writing:

QUT cite|write Reflective Writing - What is reflective writing and the four key elements involved.

The 4Rs Model of Reflective Thinking - Reflective thinking using Reporting, Relating, Reasoning and Reconstructing.

Learning and Assessing Through Reflection: A practical guide - Making practice-based learning work. This resource was originally jointly funded by a grant from the British Dietetic Associations’ Education and Training Trust and the London Region Dietetic Managers’ group.

Reflective Writing: A basic introduction - The aim of this handout is to model some basic ideas about reflective writing. (Source: The University of Portsmouth Academic Skills Unit).

Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing (Source: The University of Toronto).

CiteWrite: Writing a case study response - A case study is a description of a real life problem or situation which requires you to analyse the main issues involved.

Monash University – How to write the case study - A successful case study analyses a real life situation where existing problems need to be solved.

Working in groups - Resources to help you create and manage teams, such as setting team expectations, creating meeting agendas, writing minutes, task planning and problem resolution.

QUT: Team learning - The purpose of these team learning modules is to prepare you to achieve project goals in teams. Each module presents ideas, information, explanations and includes quizzes and activities.

It is worthwhile adopting strategies to help you organise your time and your notes when preparing for exams.