Student Success Skills: Self-Assessment

Take our quick assessment to identify your strengths and explore areas for improvement.

1. Select a module to begin your assessment:

Academic Integrity and Referencing
Academic Writing
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Critical Thinking
Data Literacy
Diversity, Bias, and Impacting Change
Information Literacy
Personal Development and Well-Being
Research Skills
Study Strategies and Assignments

2. Select the full module or specific skill to begin your assessment:

All Research Skills

OR

Beginning Your Research
Reviewing Literature
Planning Research
Doing Ethical Research
Selecting and Developing Theoretical Frameworks
Choosing an Appropriate Research Methodology
Designing Your Research Project
Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Qualitative Data
Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Quantitative Data
Writing About and Disseminating Your Research

3. Begin Self-Assessment

For each statement select the button that best describes you. When you are finished, select submit to explore the skills best suited to you.

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1. I always allow plenty of time when writing up my research for redrafting and receiving feedback on my drafts.
2. Whatever the piece of writing I am doing, I think first about who I am writing for before I start writing.
3. I can name at least three features of grammar that are used in English academic style.
4. I can determine when it is better to use the active voice instead of the passive voice and vice versa.
5. I’m clear how reading, presenting, and writing link to each other.
6. I’m confident that I know why it is important to avoid plagiarism when writing up my research.
7. I understand how in-text citations link to a reference list.
8. I can name three differences between paraphrasing and summarizing.
9. I’m able to list at least two strategies to help me to report my research results in an ethical way.
10. I understand why transparency is important in a Methodology section.
11. I can explain why I should present my findings in an unbiased way.
12. I can explain why I might use a table to present data in my research report.
13. I’m clear about what readers expect from a Conclusion section of a research paper.
14. I can describe at least three writing strategies for presenting a coherent research story.
15. I’m confident that I know what the purpose of an abstract is.
16. I’m clear about the connection between the title and the abstract.
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