Study Skills

Materials to help plan / organise AQA / OCR revision.
The materials in this section have been designed to help students come to terms with the "nuts-and-bolts" of their A-level course - the ability to develop skills that will help them complete their course successfully.
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Essay Writing Templates
Author: Chris.Livesey
File Size: 37k
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Essay-Writing Made Easy
Author: Chris.Livesey
File Size: 28k
For anyone starting A-Level Sociology, writing essays can be a problem. It doesn't have to be and once you've discovered how easy it is to organise and structure your ideas, it won't be. This Unit also contains a patented essay-writing template to make essay-writing a complete and utter joy (probably). This brief guide to essay-writing outlines clearly and simply the basic planning and structure of any Sociology A-level essay. The guide is based on a set of simple rules that are easy to learn and apply to your work.
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Revision: Basic Organisation
Author: Chris.Livesey
File Size: 29k
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AQA Revision Guide
File Size: 55k
A simple guide to effective revision organisation. A basic guide to the knowledge students should prepare prior to the examination.
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Planning In The Exam
Author: Chris.Livesey
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Theory Evaluation Proforma
File Size: 25k
This is a visual demonstration of the process of planning an exam answer. The focus here is on how the skills of Knowledge, Understanding, Interpretation, Analysis and Evaluation can be applied in the exam by following a few simple rules... A Proforma designed to provide a basic structure for theory evaluation.
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Revision Grid
Author: Janis Griffiths

File Size: 25k
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Self-Assessment Pack
File Size: 47k / 51k
A useful revision grid that provides a neat summary of the main theoretical perspectives on crime and deviance. Encouraging students to assess their own work can be a useful way of developing critical reflection. This pack consists of a short questionnaire a student completes prior to handing-in a piece of work. The pack also provides space for lecturers to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the completed work.
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Learning Styles Questionnaire
Author: Chris.Livesey
File Size: 308k / 244k
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Learning Styles Report
Author: Frank Coffield et al
File Size: 1.25mb
If you want to understand a student's preferred learning style then this download is for you - it consists of a short learning styles questionnaire, scoring system, explanation of different types of learning styles and hints on how to make the most of your preferred learning style... "This report critically reviews the literature on learning styles and examines in detail 13 of the most influential models. The report concludes that it matters fundamentally which instrument is chosen. The implications for teaching and learning in post-16 learning are serious and should be of concern to learners, teachers and trainers, managers, researchers and inspectors".
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Action Plan
Author: Chris.Livesey

File Size: 25k
 
Everyone, at some stage in their course, needs a good Action Plan - and believe me, this one is very good. It's an easy-to-understand Action Plan, as used by one of Britain's "Top Insurance Companies" (now all you need is the Wall Chart with the little coloured dots and you'll be really ready to rock...).