All Comprehension skills articles – Page 3

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Body, heal thyself

2017-06-21T11:21:00Z

Exploring the use of biodegradable polymers in orthopedic implants

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Making chemical language easy

2016-08-15T00:00:00Z

Ann Marie Farrell and Michael Seery consider how to meet students’ language and literacy needs within chemistry

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Designing skilful chemists

2016-06-27T00:00:00Z

David Smith discusses the importance of employability skills for chemists

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A guide to a successful viva

This guide aims to give you guidance on how to prepare for your viva, some suggestions of what to do beforehand and on the day, and a few pointers to consider during the viva itself. 

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World wide web treasure hunt

This book can be used to address aspects of communication skills, or can be run as a complete module. This section focuses on information retrieval.

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Scientific papers

This book can be used to address aspects of communication skills, or can be run as a complete module. This section focuses on comprehension and problem solving.

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Dictionary of interesting chemistry

This book can address aspects of communication skills, or can be run as a complete module. This section focuses on information retrieval/report writing.

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Student posters on chemistry topics

2014-03-03T11:59:00Z

This post discusses the use of student generated posters and includes a video guide for students on how to prepare posters