Effective Strategies for University Success - Tips and Insights
Explore critical thinking, Blooms Taxonomy, and practical advice for university students to excel academically. Learn about interpreting evidence, forming well-reasoned arguments, and synthesizing information effectively.
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University of the Year for Student Experience (The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 SWAP East SWAP East Study Skills: Preparing for University Workshop: critical thinking Amanda Whitehead Academic Skills Centre, University of Dundee 11thDecember 2019, Dalhousie Building Room 2G14 Page 1 dundee.ac.uk
What is critical thinking? 2 https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/11/29/roadblocks-better-critical-thinking-skills-are-embedded-college-experience-essay
Critical thinking helps you: Interpret evidence, data and the significance of arguments Develop well-reasoned arguments Use and draw upon evidence to justify your arguments and ideas Synthesise your thoughts and the thoughts of differing authors/researchers/theorists
Blooms Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain Bloom s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain To draw synthesised conclusions logically based on objective evaluations To combine and/or integrate ideas to form a new whole To demonstrate an argument, theory or principle into component parts To demonstrate application of knowledge to new situations and solving problems To show understanding, interpretation, comparison, contrast or explanation To relay specific facts, terms, concepts, principles or theories See: Granello, D.H. (2001) Promoting Cognitive Complexity in Graduate Written Work: Using Bloom s Taxonomy as a Pedagogical Tool to Improve Literature Reviews. Counselor Education and Supervision. 40 (4) Available at:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6978.2001.tb01261.x/epdf 4
Your task In groups, create a Top Five Tips for University Success aimed at students entering university study. Source material: Things you have learned from today s Study Skills programme; The Smarter Student Study Skills book; Any other relevant and suitable source material you can find online. Before you decide on your top five tips, you will need to analyse the source material, appraise and critique it as a group, and provide clear justification for why they made it into your top five. (Remember, this is an exercise in critical thinking!) Each group will present their top five tips and must be prepared to defend their choices. (You will also be expected to question the other groups on their choices!)
