Study KnowHow programs 2013
Study KnowHow for Semester 2, 2013
Planning and organising your writing
Get some practice analysing assignment tasks and assignment structure, and preparing for library searches.
Date: Tuesday 16 July
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Paragraphing, paraphrasing and integrating your sources
Build your academic paragraph writing skills. Learn some handy tips about paraphrasing and in-text referencing.
Date: Tuesday 16 July
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Mastering intonation and stress
For students who have English as an additional language: improve pronunciation and stress, and develop English fluency.
Date: Wednesday 17 July
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Mapping your ideas: mind, concept and argument mapping
Mapping techniques help to build key ideas for your essay or report. Come and practise using mind maps, concept maps and argument maps.
Date: Wednesday 17 July
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Oral presentations: planning and structure
Build your confidence for public speaking: learn how to plan and deliver a well-structured oral presentation.
Date: Thursday 18 July
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Effective reading and note-making
Follow the nine steps for academic reading and note-making and build strong ideas for your assignments.
Date: Thursday 18 July
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Efficient online library searches
Get more hands-on experience building your library search skills. Find useful resources quickly.
Date: Friday 19 July
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Computer basics for study
Learn to set up files and manage documents. Find your way around Blackboard and MyRMIT, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Date: Friday 19 July
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Saturday KnowHow Workshops
Masters Coursework tips and techniques for reading and writing assignments
Get with the program: nine steps to critical reading; nine steps to critical writing. Integrate sources into your writing.
Date: Saturday 3 August
Time: 10 am – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Undergraduate paragraphing, paraphrasing and integrating sources
Build your academic paragraph writing skills. Learn some handy tips about paraphrasing and in-text referencing.
Date: Saturday 3 August
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Undergraduate assignment planning, library research and note-making
Start with analysing assignment tasks; then use the RMIT Library catalogue and databases; finish up applying great strategies for reading the texts you find. Practice does make perfect!
Date: Saturday 17 August
Time: 10 am – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
Masters Coursework reading and writing ‘master class’ – putting the techniques into practice
Use the steps to critical reading and critical writing to critique an academic journal article and write an introduction to an essay/report.
Date: Saturday 17 August
Time: 10 am – 3 pm
Place: City campus (room to be advised by email)
HDR writing group facilitator training
Research writing groups help you to talk through ideas and build academic writing skills in a community of practice. Come and find out how to set up and facilitate a writing group.
Maths workshops for Engineering students
Maths:2160
These topics have been identified as necessary pre-requisite learning for Math 2160. They have been scheduled to provide students with timely support in relation to the Maths 2160 course content. Bookings are not necessary. Just turn up!
Day: Thursdays
Time: 8.30 am to 9.30 am
Place: Building 12, Level 4, Room 20
|
Date |
Week |
Workshop 2160 |
|
16 May |
10 |
Partial fractions |
|
23 May |
11 |
Simultaneous equations |
|
30 May |
12 |
Determinants |
|
6 June |
13 |
Swat vac. Revision w/s |
|
13 June |
14 |
Exam week |
Maths: 2117
These topics have been identified as necessary pre-requisite learning for Math 2177. They have been scheduled to provide students with timely support in relation to the Maths 2177 course content. Bookings are not necessary. Just turn up!
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 8.30 am to 9.30 am
Place: Building 12, Level 4, Room 20
|
Date |
Week |
Workshop 2177 |
|
22 May |
11 |
Functions Domain, range graphs |
|
29 May |
12 |
Errors and Approximations |
|
5 June |
13 |
Swat vac. Revision w/s |
|
12 June |
14 |
Exam week |
Students are encouraged to attend the Study and Learning KnowHow Centre (12.04.20) between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm Monday to Friday for assistance. Please note: The centre closes at 4.00 pm on Fridays.
For further information on maths workshops contact Brendan Cooney at the Study and Learning Centre on 9925 3600.