The Fife & Tayside Wider
Access Forum has produced a fantastic transitions pack for students at Dundee
University with great tips on all aspects of study. In September we posted up the forums Tops Tips For Note Taking In Lectures.This week riskybizzness will be posting up the forum’s Top Tips for research.
One:
Ask questions all the time
What do you know? What do
you need to know more about? What do you
not know? Never stop asking questions? Treat your research like explorers treat
their journey – always looking around them, picking up new information,
thinking about where next to head. So you can use your questions to ask
yourself how much you are understanding and what you need to research next to
help you complete your coursework tasks.
Two:
Is what you’re read in relevant? Will it help you answer your questions?
There might be times when
you can read about the subjects you are studying for personal pleasure and take
your time over it – enjoy those moments. More familiar might be the times you
have a deadline pressing and you can’t afford to read anything that won’t be
directly useful. Think as you research whether what you are reading is helping
you. Have you answered your questions about that aspect of the topic – do you
know enough about it for now to move on? What new questions do you have as a
result of what you have read?
To be continued...
Related Article: Top tips for reasearch - part two
Top tips for research - part three
Top tips for research - part four
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