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Highlighting is an important study skill. It is a strategy that should be taught. This study technique can help with exam revision and assignment writing.
Now think about that for a moment. Have you ever been taught how to highlight information?
I’ll ask another question. What percentage of your page is commonly highlighted? If it is more than [...]
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Assignment plagiarism is very serious and very common. Some students copy from books while others copy someone elses work from YouTube.
You Tube is great study tool and I certainly recommend using it to get ideas and motivation to complete your assignment.
A commonly copied YouTube Video.
Have you heard or seen Charlie the Unicorn. It is a [...]
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Your assignment is finished. You have printed it out and handed it to your teacher.
Well done!
But you are not finished just yet. You see your desk is probably covered with research notes, your Internet favorites are jumbled and you probably have multiple files stored in email and on memory sticks about the assignment.
What do you do with all that [...]
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You have just spent a couple of days understanding the assignment process. Hopefully you have also devised an assignment plan to follow.
Now we need to incorporate your Assignment Plan into the Daily Plan.
Daily Plan Recap
Remember that I want you to write a new daily plan every day. This will keep you organized and focussed.
Start Up: Six simple [...]
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Hi. I am a law student at university and I wanted to share with you some thoughts about research for assignments and revision for study. These are merely observations that will allow you to understand more effective research methods.
Starting your assignment
So your teacher has just given you your assignment. Ready, set, go.
Where is the first [...]
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The previous post was about the 4 stages of assignments. In order to complete each if these stages, for every assignment, you need to create a study plan.
The Study Plan Tasks
Download the “Study Plan”. It is under Tools.
Print a copy and keep in your study folder with your criteria sheet
Fill it out (use the guidelines [...]
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What’s the point of assignments?
With the question, most teenagers will tell me two things. One is that “we do 7 hours of school work at school, so we shouldn’t do anymore work at home” and the other is that adults don’t do assignments.
You should do more school work at home.
It is a good idea to [...]
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