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Six steps to success

Activity time: 40 minutes

Types of media: Handout/s, Slides, PowerPoint File, Word Document

Author

Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfeld (London Metropolitan University)

Description

A presentation outlining a whole new approach to successful study. The six steps are:

S = Study Techniques and practices
O = Overview
C = Creativity
C = Communicate effectively
E = Emotions
R = Review, review, review

Also includes a booklet for students' reference, and some suggested activities to follow the presentation.

License

Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0

(This resource can be freely repurposed and reused)

Categories

Critical Thinking and Reflection, Note Making, Oral Communication, Reading, Time Management, Visual Literacy and Creativity

Tags

Student Activity, Student Workshop

Date Modified

Date Added

This information/resource was last updated in June 2021.

This post was originally added to LearnHigher on: January 14, 2012

About this resource

Download six steps to success: slides

Download six steps to success: booklet

For a session with students to get them interested in a whole new approach to successful study. The ppt can be used to support a session exploring the six steps –and the booklet can be placed in the VLE for students to explore at their leisure.

Currently the booklet refers to additional information in Burns & Sinfield (2004) Essential Study Skills: the complete guide to success at university London; Sage. Reference to this book can just be deleted from this Word file – or the user can supplement the information therein by referring to their own additional resources – or to other on-line resources see for example www.learnhigher.ac.uk

 

Activity: trial the ppt session with a group of students, then:

  • Invite the students to put various practices into operation and to feedback …
  • Invite the students to make a teaching/learning resource on one area covered to be used with another group of students.

 

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