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Successful Transitions Autumn 2018

Juggling timetables & planning for the 1st assessment tasks

Curriculum aligned for NURSING Dr Jeannette Stirling, Senior Honarary Fellow, Learning Development

This seminar will….

Help you begin to prepare the first assessment tasks.

Introduce some basic ‘first’ principles of academic study

to help you keep pace with your workload.

Suggest some strategies for setting study timelines &

reading schedules.

Planning assessments…

Deep breaths. Focus. Plan your

approach.

Get tactical. Plan ahead.

Upcoming assignments

Subject Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment

NMIH101 Week 3

Formative

Assessment:

In-class Presentation

Week 4Online activityPart 1: 700 words

20%

Weeks 9 & 10

Group presentationsA. Group Interaction

B. Written Summary

C. Presentation & Referencing

30%

Week 13Essay

2500 wds.

50%

NMIH102 Week 2

In Session Quiz Multiple Choice

10%

Week 5

In Session Quiz Multiple Choice

10%

Week 10Case Study

2000 words

40%

Exam PeriodFinal exam

40%

NMIH103 Week 3

Formative

Assessment

Week 7Essay

2000wds.

45%

Exam Period

Final exam

55%

NMIH104 Week 4 Formative

Assessment

Week 6Multiple Choice Quiz

20%

Week 8Essay

2000wds.

40%

Week ?Nursing Competency

Assessment Schedule

(NCAS)Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Exam PeriodFinal exam

40%

Formative Assessment: In-class presentations NMIH101…

Research

Content

Visual & oral communication

Discussion

Time management

Tip: don’t let anxiety overtake you before

you begin

Prepare, prepare, prepare

Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.

Presentation checklist….

Clearly introduce your topic.

Define key terms & / or concepts for your audience?

Make your discussion proceed logically.

Speak clearly to your audience.

Provide a conclusion that clearly follows your discussion points.

Preparing for Multiple Choice quizzes…

NMIH102 & NMIH104:

MC quizzes usually only cover material discussed

in lectures & tutorials (Questions can test your

knowledge & your ability to apply that knowledge).

Look at the main ideas/concepts for each week &

create flash cards.

Write definitions, main ideas & supporting

information on one side of the cards with prompts

on the reverse side.

Multiple choice quizzes….

Be aware of the rules about

guessing.

Make a time plan.

Read the questions carefully.

Be alert for words commonly used in MCQs.

Answer easy

questions first –harder ones later.

Try to think of the

answers before reading

the choices.

Make sure to answer

in the proper space.

How would you explain the concept of self-awareness / empathy / emotional intelligence to another person?

700 wds.

Have you chosen a concept?

Do you understand what you’re being asked to do?

What background readings will help you develop your discussion?

Let’s analyse the instructions together….

Writing for the Online Activity due Week 4:

NMIH101

This means ….

Analyse

the task:

• What are the key terms & instruction words?

• What is your main argument / purpose / focus for the discussion?

Briefly

map plan of action:

• How do you need to order your response?

• Plan each stage so that when you can be fairly sure that you’re going to address all aspects of the topic.

Consider

the key terms:

• Do you understand the meaning of all the terms / ideas relevant to the task?

Getting started:

a snapshot of the study process

Effective study

Why?Motivation

Personal goals

Positive imaging

What?Organisation

Priorities

Goals

Where?Room arrangement

Light

Temperature

Familiarity

How?Preview

Question

Read

Summarise

Test

When?Time management

Body rhythms

Sleep

Nutrition & exercise

Why?

Personal goals

Evaluation of research for an essay / report /

case study / review

Revision for a tutorial session

Preparation for an exam

Where?

Set up a quiet place where you can

study & minimise distractions.

Establish a space to use on a regular

basis.

Keep the space oriented to study & as

uncluttered as possible.

When?

Draw up a study planner.

Blank out times when you are at lectures,

tutorials or working.

Blank out family & recreation time.

The time you have left is the time you

have for study sessions.

Monday Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun.

9.30 Lecture 1 Tutorial 2 ? ? ?

10.30 Tutorial 1 ? ? Lecture 3 ?

11.30 Tutorial1 ? ? ? ?

12.30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

1.30 ? ? ? Tutorial 4 ?

2.30 ? Lecture 2 ? Tutorial 4 ?

3.30 ? Lecture 2 Tutorial 3 ? ?

4.30 ? ? Tutorial 3 Lecture 4 ?

5.30 ? ? ? ? ?

6.30 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner

7.30

8.30

Sample of a weekly schedule

Keep track: of how you spend your time for a whole week &

decide where & how you need to adapt your study plan.

Try to identify: your “red” and “green” zones.

Be realistic: anticipate how long things are going to take on

the basis of experience.

Keep an eye on the horizon: know what assessment tasks are

coming up in each subject so that you can adjust your plan

accordingly.

Effective time management IS about…

the satisfaction of getting things done;

meeting more of your needs in all areas of your life;

feeling better about yourself;

leaving yourself with more time for leisure & fun … not less.

•YOU MAY NEED to spend more time

studying the subjects or concepts that you find

most difficult.

•NOT being•obsessed with•every minute, miserable & having absolutely NO fun!•IS meeting more of the needs in ALL areas of your life

• I WILL learn the main

concepts discussed in lectures from weeks 1-3

• I WILL read through & summarise chapters 3 & 4

• I WILL work through 5 equations

• RESEARCH shows that it’s better to study in short, concentrated sessions.

• AIM for a series of 50 minute blocks

Set study periods

Identify goals for

each session

Plan & prioritise

Time management

SURVEYBefore you begin to study, survey

the material to get an overview.

Look at chapter titles; sub headings;

introductions; conclusions; & so

on.

Identify key words or phrases that link

back to your purpose for

reading.

What do you already know about an idea or topic? Jot down your first-response

thoughts.

As you survey the materials, ask

yourself what was said about various chapters / ideas in

the lectures.

QUESTIONTurn chapter titles & sub headings into navigational aids.

READRead through the

material once without making notes.

RECALLWith the book shut,

try to recall what you have read.

REVIEWReview all your notes

at the end of each study period.

How? SQ3R study method

Develop a style of note taking

Your notes might look something like …

Readings Notes Comments

Marmot, M 2005, ‘Social

determinants of health’, The

Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9464,

pp.1099-1104.

Marmot’s (2005) looking at the links

between poverty, inequality & their

causes, as a way of understanding

these factors in relationship to

health.

He seems to refer to

global economic issues

as well as what these

mean locally… Not sure

how this’ll work with my

essay…… Come back to

it.

Anderson, I et al. 2006,

‘Indigenous health in

Australia, New Zealand and

the Pacific’, The Lancet,

vol. 367, no. 9524, pp.1775-

1785

Anderson et al. use case studies

from 3 regions to survey the state of

Indigenous health & review the

connections between identified

health areas & policy.

I like the way this paper

looks at the connections

between government

policies & health in these

communities. Still need

to read a bit more about

social determinants …

Complicated. But think I

can see a way to draw

on Marmot. Yaay!

Sample concept map: useful for clarifying links …

• YOUR NOTES from various sources (lecture notes; tutorial notes; research reading; etc.) according to topic areas.

Condense

• THE MAIN POINTS from these condensed readings to produce a single summary sheet of headings with key points; key words; names; etc., for that topic.

Extract

• TO PRODUCE a single master summary sheet which connects the various topics via key ideas as they are covered in the subject.

Aim

Summarise

What do you think you’ll need to do for next

week?

Version History

Stirling, Jeannette, 2015-2016

Stirling, Jeannette, 2015-2016, updated & reordered with new activities by Carol Priestley March 2018

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