Learning Skills
Self-help Resources
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Academic writing
Annotated bibliography 4 pages
Case study: writing a response 2 pages
Conjunctions
Revising a draft
APA Referencing Summary - a CSU guide to referencing based on hte Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) 15 pages
Task words
The introductory paragraph
The concluding paragraph
Useful expressions used in academic writing
Why referencing is important 3 pages
Writing a literature review 2 pages
General study skills
Countdown to exam time
Evaluate information
How to study effectively 6 pages
Identifying my learning style
Mature students returning to study
Study strategies checklist
Self-management
Self-motivation and time use
Six monthly calendars: July-Decmber 2008; Excel document
Time management: 4-page pdf
Wall planner: July-Decmber 2008. Word document, prints out on A4 size; join together to complete the planner
Grammar & punctuation
Quotation marks
Capital letters
Apostrophes
Colons and semi colons
Dashes, hyphens and brackets
Commas
Resources for prospective policing students
List words in syllables
Hints for remembering troublesome words
Commonly
confused words
1000 commonly misspelled policing words
Commonly mispelled policing words
Strategies and apostrophes
Four spelling rules and exceptions