All Study skills articles – Page 3
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Job profileLaboratory technician and higher apprentice, solar
Rebekka tests and finds ways to improve solar panels whilst balancing her studies towards her Foundation Degree apprenticeship
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IdeasEncourage your students to research
How independent research projects will benefit you and your students
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IdeasStrategies for six-mark questions
Get your students practising answering these within the time limit
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IdeasFive ways to promote independent learning
How to help students take responsibility for their own learning
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FeatureHow to tackle context in exams
Teach students how to apply their knowledge, not parrot back information
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NewsWhich is best: practical or simulation?
Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?
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NewsSolving problems using experts’ decisions
New research demonstrates how decision trees help students apply their knowledge
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IdeasDeveloping independent learning
Supporting students with extended project qualifications needn’t be onerous
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AnalysisStudents don’t have to stick to lab projects during chemistry degrees
They can gain valuable employment skills in other ways
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ResourceProblem solving tutor
Use this online interactive tutorial to teach three different methods for solving problems in quantitative chemistry. Video: How to use the problem solving tutor
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IdeasEffective revision
Are your students staring at revision guides and fiddling with coloured pens?
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NewsDunning-Kruger: the gap between prediction and performance
Improve expectations to improve learning
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