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What are Academic Skills?

Planning Ahead - tips on revision preparation, study space and techniques including mind mapping.
Primary and Secondary text comparison.
Questioning and challenging the text.
Constructing your understanding using the text and other sources.
Supporting an opinion, perspective or claim.
Drawing conclusions by looking at multiple perspectives.
Starting Research.
Research checklist.
Refining Research Questions.
Using search engines and the CRAAP testing guide.
Evaluating different types of Media.
How to keep an Investigative Journal.
The importance of Citation and how to use the Harvard Citation method.
Note Taking - different styles for different subjects.
Tips on Essay Writing.
General exam preparation tips and advice.
Introduction to Critical Thinking.
Tips on Debating.

Having a good understanding of Academic Skills can form the backbone to success in exams and school work. The aim of Athena’s Toolbox is to allow you to choose which general skills you want to learn or reinforce to prepare you for the subjects you study. This is about personalising your own toolbox of skills.