100 Activities for Teaching Study Skills

100 Activities for Teaching Study Skills

by Catherine Dawson (Author)

Synopsis

100 Activities for Teaching Study Skills is a sourcebook of activities for study skills tutors, teachers and support staff. This practical, user-friendly guide is designed to complement your existing study skills materials, and provide innovative and imaginative ways for you to motivate and engage your students. Activities include:

  • Study preparation and time management
  • Reading, writing and listening
  • Independent study and group-work
  • Dissertations, reports and projects
  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Revision, examinations and tests.

All activities contain clear guidance about the purpose, level and type of activity, along with a range of discussion notes that signpost key issues and research insights. Students are encouraged to reflect on and develop their study skills, while connecting them to subject content and the process of learning, so that they become more motivated, enhance their learning and increase their chances of success.

$117.50

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 10 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 1526441306
ISBN 13: 9781526441300

Author Bio
Dr Catherine Dawson studied at university in the UK for an undergraduate degree in Combined Humanities, a Master's Degree in Social Research and a PhD that looked at the learning choices of adults returning to education. She has worked as a research assistant, research associate and tutor at various UK universities and as a research and training officer in both the public and private sectors. Over the years she has developed and taught research methods courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and has designed and delivered bespoke research methods training sessions to employees at all levels in the private sector. During her career she has undertaken a wide variety of publicly and privately funded research projects. Catherine currently works as a freelance researcher and writer, concentrating on research methods, study skills and student finance.