Students'+toolkit

Learning to learn
In class
 * Active learning
 * Note taking
 * Being organised
 * How memory works
 * Revision

Engaging brain
Goal setting Metacognition

HOW TO:
Learning vocabulary Understand concepts Research Design and make something (and record the process for assessment purposes) Conduct an inquiry, investigation or experiment Make a portfolio Write an essay Learning with IT - computers, internet, mobile phones, video and audio recorders

Assessment for national qualifications

Good teachers follow their students' interests and are flexible about assessment to support engagement. Have a discussion with your teacher about how you can best learn what you need to learn.
Types of Assessment - alternatives to written work Learning styles - use your strengths Contextual units - use the knowledge you already have or are interested in and apply it in new ways Collaborative communication e.g. [|Microsoft's] Song lyrics and karaoke http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/

Additional sources of information
References and study resource- science [|Study-it]

School of initiative
Being able to self manage your learning and having a driving interest in a subject or context, it is possible to structure your learning around that interest.