unit 1 organisation and planning
1.1	making an assessed work overview
1.2	making a semester or academic year planner
1.3	making and using a weekly planner
1.4	creating effective study sessions
unit 3 making notes
3.1	making notes in spatial form (spatial note making)
3.2	drawing an understanding
3.3	skeleton note making for lectures
3.4	making notes with templates
3.5	using a template: making notes for seminars
3.6	using templates: taking notes from verbal communication
3.7	using a template: doing a critical review
unit 4 critical thinking for academic writing
4.1	what is critical thinking?
4.2	critical thinking: practice, theory, research, policy
4.3	critical thinking and spatial note making
4.4	critical thinking: questions for description and discussion
4.5	description and discussion in academic writing
unit 5 academic writing
5.1	what is academic writing?
5.2	academic writing: 15 points to consider
5.3	the building blocks of academic writing
5.4	learning words visually
5.5	an easy way to write simple sentences
5.6	building a paragraph with description and discussion
5.7	the Paragraph Buster!
5.8	using quotes in academic writing
5.9	plagiarism and how to avoid it
unit 6 producing essays
6.1	what is an essay?
6.2	producing essays: a 10 step strategy
6.3	making a spatial breakdown of essay questions
6.4	using a spatial overview during the research phase
6.5	the order of content in essays
6.6	making an essay plan with aims
6.7	writing introductions and conclusions for essays
6.8	grade your own essay
unit 7 reflective writing
7.1	reflective writing as part of reflective practice
7.2	reflective writing: style and structure
7.3	a model and template for reflective writing
7.4	models for reflective practice
7.5	using Gibb’s reflective cycle in coursework
unit 8 doing a dissertation
8.1	dissertation types and length
8.2	writing a research proposal and making a schedule
8.3	doing a dissertation: making a spatial overview
8.4	the dissertation title and title page
8.5	writing an abstract
8.6	dissertation introductions and conclusions
8.7	doing a literature review
8.8	writing a methodology
8.9	findings and the discussion of findings
8.10	doing a systematic review
8.11	analysing research papers with templates
8.12	presenting your dissertation: a 4 step strategy
unit 9 revision and exams
9.1	making an exam overview table
9.2	the 3 step revision strategy
9.3	making and using a revision planner
9.4	multiple choice questions (MCQs)
9.5	short answer questions (SAQs)
9.6	the 4 step exam strategy for long answer questions (LAQs)
9.7	writing a gobbet for examinations
9.8	open book examinations
9.9	oral exams and dissertations
This spatial content page is designed to encourage you to access the content of the book in any order. You can monitor your use and review of the material by ticking the boxes next each sub unit. simplify your study peter lia spatial contents page Instagram: @simplifyyourstudy	unit 2 reading
2.1	reading: getting started
2.2	the importance of focus in reading
2.3	using indicators to read
2.4	finding the information you need: skimming and scanning
2.5	prereading by using other sources
2.6	reading and visual disturbance