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Academic Learning Services provides a range of resources to assist you with your learning and study. Develop your writing and study skills by using the guides provided.

 

ACADEMIC WRITING

  • Analyse assignment tasks
  • Types of writing, Discussion forums
  • Integrating literature into your writing
  • Academic words and phrases
  • Academic integrity
  • APA writing style & referencing

ASSIGNMENT TYPES

  • Essays, presentations, reports
  • Reflective writing
  • Discussion forums
  • Research proposals, bibliographies, literature reviews,
  • Written submissions

APA REFERENCING

  • EIT APA referencing guides
  • Incorporating references into your writing
  • Formatting references
  • Links to APA resources, Endnote
  • Academic Integrity
  • APA Quizzes
  • Turnitin

ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION

  • APA style
  • Formatting guidelines

WRITING SKILLS

  • Punctuation and grammar
  • Sentence & paragraph structure
  • Academic words & phrases
  • Root words, prefixes, suffices
  • Parts of speech

THINKING TOOLS

  • Generating ideas
  • Organising your thinking
  • Evaluating information
  • Getting more out of study time
  • Practising reflection

FINDING INFORMATION

  • Searching for information
  • Evaluating information
  • Turnitin

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

  • EIT computer guides
  • EIT Formatting guidelines
  • EIT Guides on Google products and OneDrive
  • Endnote
  • Saving @ EIT
  • Printing @EIT
  • Computer tips

STUDY SKILLS

  • Planning study time
  • Reading Effectively, Critical thinking
  • Note-taking, Listening Skills
  • Working in Groups
  • Memory
  • Getting started with writing
  • Exam Preparation

PROGRAMME GUIDES

  • Reflective writing in social sciences
  • BSW and BN formatting requirements
  • Applied Science lab reports
  • Exam preparation
  • Postgraduate students

MĀORI RESOURCES

  • APA referencing
  • Academic writing guides
  • Māori dictionaries
  • Te reo Maōri quizzes and links

NUMERACY SKILLS

  • Quizzes for number order and engineering and Scientific notation
  • Links to useful maths sites and educational resources
  • Pathways Awarua – New Zealand’s literacy and numeracy learning tool

Advisors are available for group or individual appointments on the EIT campuses and Regional Learning Centres.

These guides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
We have endeavoured to acknowledge other sources where possible and any omissions are unintentional. 



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HAWKES BAY CAMPUS LIBRARY

Twist Library
501 Gloucester Street
Taradale, Napier 4112

Phone. (06) 830 1045
Email. twist@eit.ac.nz

 

TAIRĀWHITI CAMPUS LIBRARY

Tairāwhiti Library
290 Palmerston Road
Gisborne, 4010

Phone. (06) 869 0835
Email. Library1@eit.ac.nz

 

AUCKLAND CAMPUS

Floor 6 (Reception)
238 Queen Street
Auckland CBD 1010

Phone. (09) 300 7410
Email. aucklandeit@eit.ac.nz

 

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