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Academic writing

Intro to academic writing

  • What is academic writing?
  • Writing objectively
  • Writing concisely
  • 1st vs. 3rd person
  • Inclusive language
  • Te Reo Māori

Assignment planning

  • Assignment planning calculator
  • Interpreting the assignment question
  • Command words
  • Organising points

Researching

  • Identifying academic sources
  • Evaluating source quality

Editing & proofreading

  • Formatting and layout
  • Word limits and assignment length
  • Commas
  • Apostrophes
  • Other punctuation
  • Sentence fragments
  • American vs. British spelling
  • Commonly confused words

How assignments are marked

  • Marking guides
  • Getting an A
  • Levels of assessment
  • Using feedback

Professional emails

 

Assignment types

Essay

  • What is an essay?
  • Essay planning and structure
  • Introduction
  • Thesis statement
  • Body paragraphs
  • Essay flow
  • Conclusion
  • Essay revision
  • Essay writing resources

Report

  • What is a report?
  • Report structure
  • Analysing issues for a report

Business report

  • What is a business report?
  • Business report structure
  • Inductive vs. deductive reports
  • Other kinds of business communication
  • Business report writing resources

Lab report

  • What is a lab report?
  • Lab report structure
  • Science lab report writing resources
  • Psychology lab report writing resources

Literature review

  • What is a literature review?
  • Writing a literature review
  • Literature review structure
  • Literature review writing resources

Research proposal

  • Writing a research proposal
  • Research proposal structure

Other types

  • Article critique
  • Book review
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Reflective writing
  • Oral presentation
  • Abstract
  • Thesis / dissertation
  • Article / conference paper
  • Shorter responses and single paragraph answers
  • Group work

 

Sample assignments

  • Sample essay 1
  • Sample essay 2
  • Sample annotated bibliography

 

Referencing

Intro to referencing

  • What is referencing?
  • Why reference?
  • Plagiarism
  • Turnitin
  • Common knowledge
  • Referencing styles
  • What type of source is this?
  • Reference list vs. bibliography
  • Referencing software

Quoting & paraphrasing

  • Quoting
  • Paraphrasing & summarising
  • Paraphrasing techniques

APA style

  • APA Interactive
  • In-text citation
  • Reference list
  • Referencing books
  • Referencing journals
  • Referencing online material
  • Referencing other material
  • Headings in APA
  • Formatting tables and figures
  • Referencing elements
  • 5th vs. 6th edition
  • 6th vs. 7th edition

MLA style

  • MLA Interactive
  • Abbreviations
  • In-text citation
  • List of works cited
  • Referencing books
  • Referencing journals
  • Referencing online material
  • Referencing other material
  • Referencing elements
  • Captions for visual material

Chicago style

  • Chicago Interactive
  • About notes system
  • Books
  • Journals
  • Online material
  • Other material
  • Notes referencing elements
  • Quoting and paraphrasing
  • Author-date system

Other styles

  • Harvard style
  • Vancouver style
  • Legal citations
  • Visual material
  • Oxford style

 

Study skills

Critical thinking

  • What is critical thinking?
  • Constructing an argument
  • Critical reading
  • Logical fallacies

Note-taking

  • Note-taking methods
  • Mind maps
  • Note-taking in lectures
  • Note-taking while reading
  • Digital note-taking

Memory skills

  • Principles of good memory
  • Memory strategies

Time management

  • Intro to time management
  • Procrastination & perfectionism
  • Goals & motivation
  • Time management for internal students
  • Time management for distance students

Reading

  • Reading styles
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
  • In-depth reading
  • Reading comprehension
  • Reading academic material
  • Reading a journal article
  • Reading an academic book

 

Tests & exams

Exam & test study

  • Planning exam study
  • Gathering & sorting information
  • Reviewing past exams
  • Phases of revision
  • Last-minute study strategies

Question types

  • Essay
  • Short answer
  • Multi-choice
  • Problem / computational
  • Case-study / scenario
  • Oral
  • Open book

In the exam

 

Computer skills

Microsoft Word

  • Basic formatting
  • Images, tables, and figures
  • Long documents

Microsoft Excel

  • Basic spreadsheets
  • Navigating and printing spreadsheets
  • Charts / graphs and formulas

Microsoft PowerPoint

  • Basic skills
  • Advanced skills

Stream

 

Postgraduate study

Intro to postgrad study

  • Planning postgrad study
  • Postgrad resources

Postgrad assignment types

 

Distance study

  • Getting started
  • How to study
  • Online study techniques
  • Distance support

 

ESOL study

Reading & writing

  • Reading strategies
  • Writing strategies
  • Grammar resources

Listening & speaking

  • Listening strategies
  • Speaking strategies

 

Maths & statistics

  • Arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Trigonometry
  • Statistics
  • Finance formulas

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