Understanding how your brain works is helpful in achieving optimal learning. This online micro-credential will explore the principles of brain-based learning and the purpose of assessments. This micro-credential will introduce you to the basic principles of how the brain works, to help you develop a range of strategies that optimise memory capacity and learning potential. This micro-credential provides you with practical strategies to best prepare for assignments and exams.

 

Students who successfully complete the CQUniversity School of Access Education's Preparation Skills for University set of 9 micro-credentials, may receive a unit exemption from the equivalent CL03 Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) unit with CQUniversity.

 

To be eligible for this exemption, students must have completed:

1. Effective Study Habits for Higher Education

2. Personality Types and Learning Styles

3. Critical Thinking

4. Finding and Evaluating Scholarly Research

5. Effective Note-Taking and Paraphrasing

6. Enhancing your Oral Presentation Skills

7. Assessment Strategies and Brain-Based Learning

8. Clever Career Planning

9. Preparing for Success in Higher Education: Assessment Module.