Essential Academic Skills

Glossary; 12 Doing Small-scale Exploratory Research Projects; What is research?; Researchable issues and questions; The research process; Quantitative versus qualitative research; Scientific rigour; Generalisation; Case studies; Ethics; Summary; Glossary; 13 Writing about Research; Writing your report; Summary; Glossary; Appendix A: Basic Guidelines for Writing Citations and Reference List Items (APA 6th); Appendix B: Additional Exercises for Chapter 5; Appendix C: Case Study Exercise; Appendix D: Reading and Understanding a Research Article; Bibliography; Index.

Essential Academic Skills encourages and supports students to develop their skills to become the best learners they can be. It takes a step-by-step approach to the essential skills required to complete a university degree and provides comprehensive learning support through examples and activities.

Guided Tour; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Thinking About Learning; Ideas about the nature of learning; Approaches to learning; Summary; Glossary; 2 Academic Language Support; The distinctiveness of academic language; Creating coherence; Summary; Glossary; 3 Listening and Participating; Listening; Listening well; Listening in different contexts; Summary; Glossary; 4 Reading in an Academic Context; Skills in finding sources; Reading well; Summary; Glossary; 5 Basic Academic Writing Skills; Writing objectively; Incorporating claims from the literature; Writing citations.

Writing reference listsConstructing a paragraph around claims from the literature; Summary; Glossary; 6 Further Academic Skills: Working on an Assignment; Responding to the assignment task; Organising ideas and information; Planning; Writing drafts; Summary; Glossary; 7 Essays and Reflective Writing; Essays; Reflective writing; Summary; Glossary; 8 Doing Case Studies and Writing Reports; Case studies; Identifying the problems; Making recommendations; Writing up the case study; Reports; Summary; Glossary; 9 Collaborative Learning: Working in Groups; Collaborative group work.

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