Fully updated since publication in 2007, How to succeed in Exams & Assessments will allow a student to assess and address their particular weaknesses in revising, preparing for and succeeding in academic exams and assessments and delivers detailed tips, techniques and strategies to enable them to significantly improve their abilities and performance in time to make a difference.
Product Description
Fully updated since publication in 2007, How to succeed in Exams & Assessments will allow a student to assess and address their particular weaknesses in revising, preparing for and succeeding in academic exams and assessments and delivers detailed tips, techniques and strategies to enable them to significantly improve their abilities and performance in time to make a difference.
Features + Benefits
· Tips, examples, checklists, Try This boxes, 2 colour design.
· A common sense, no-nonsense approach that gives students immediate access to the information they need. Relevant content with a focus on key issues and instant solutions.
· Each topic is matched to an issue, event or assignment that the student will want to read up on at a time of need.
· Each topic will only be a few pages long with practical lists and tips.
· Updated and revised content throughout.
· Annotated table of contents to help readers find exactly what they need.
Backcover
How to succeed in Exams & Assessments, second edition
Kathleen McMillan & Jonathan Weyers
Is there a secret to successful study? The answer is no! But there are some essential skills and smart strategies that will help you to improve your results at university.
This easy-to-use guide identifies and addresses the areas where most students need help with exam preparation & performance and provides straightforward, practical tips and solutions that will enable you to assess and then improve your performance.
How to succeed in Exams & Assessmentsprovides all of the tips, tools and techniques that you will need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examinations, including:
How to use your revision time to best effect
How to assess your learning personality and the revision techniques that work best for you
How to avoid common pitfalls
How to prepare mentally & physically for exams
How to avoid and deal with stress and combat exam nerves
How to perform well in MCQ, numerical and essay questions, and in tutorial & lab assessments
Visit www.smartstudyskills.com to access a wealth of useful information, tips, templates and interactive activities that will support your skills development.
CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements
How to use this book
Introduction
1. Succeeding in exams and assessments understanding the processes involved in revision and exam-sitting
What markers are looking for
2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work
Physical & mental preparation
3. Physical and mental preparation How to gear up for assessment and exam-sitting
Study styles
4. Your learning personality - How to identify and capitalise on your preferred learning style
5. Studying independently - How to organise yourself and develop good study habits
6. Study buddies - How to work with fellow-students to improve the revision experience
Time management
7. Time management - How to balance study, family, work and leisure when studying and revising
8. Creating a revision timetable - How to get yourself organised for exam study
Revision strategies
9. Focussing your preparation - How to make full use of learning objectives, past papers and other assessment information
10. Exploiting feedback - How to understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work
11. Consolodating your learning - How to revise effectively through active learning
12. Memory tips and techniques - how to develop tools and strategies to help remember information and ideas
Stress Management
13. Dealing positively with stress How to cope with the pressures of university life
14. Combatting exam nerves - How to reduce anxiety and perform well under pressure
As the exam approaches
15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics
16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls
Tackling specific types of exam and assessment
17. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions - How to tackle short-answer formats
18. Numerical questions - How to approach quantitative problems
19. Essay-style assessments - How to maximise your marks
20. Tutorial Assessment How to make your contribution count
21 . Assessments of practical and laboratory work How to improve your marks
References and further reading
Glossary
How to succeed in Exams & Assessments will allow a student to assess and address their particular weaknesses in revising, preparing for and succeeding in academic exams and assessments and delivers detailed tips, techniques and strategies to enable them to significantly improve their abilities and performance in time to make a difference.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Product Description
Fully updated since publication in 2007, How to succeed in Exams & Assessments will allow a student to assess and address their particular weaknesses in revising, preparing for and succeeding in academic exams and assessments and delivers detailed tips, techniques and strategies to enable them to significantly improve their abilities and performance in time to make a difference.
Features + Benefits
· Tips, examples, checklists, Try This boxes, 2 colour design.
· A common sense, no-nonsense approach that gives students immediate access to the information they need. Relevant content with a focus on key issues and instant solutions.
· Each topic is matched to an issue, event or assignment that the student will want to read up on at a time of need.
· Each topic will only be a few pages long with practical lists and tips.
· Updated and revised content throughout.
· Annotated table of contents to help readers find exactly what they need.
Backcover
How to succeed in Exams & Assessments, second edition
Kathleen McMillan & Jonathan Weyers
Is there a secret to successful study? The answer is no! But there are some essential skills and smart strategies that will help you to improve your results at university.
This easy-to-use guide identifies and addresses the areas where most students need help with exam preparation & performance and provides straightforward, practical tips and solutions that will enable you to assess and then improve your performance.
How to succeed in Exams & Assessmentsprovides all of the tips, tools and techniques that you will need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examinations, including:
How to use your revision time to best effect
How to assess your learning personality and the revision techniques that work best for you
How to avoid common pitfalls
How to prepare mentally & physically for exams
How to avoid and deal with stress and combat exam nerves
How to perform well in MCQ, numerical and essay questions, and in tutorial & lab assessments
Visit www.smartstudyskills.com to access a wealth of useful information, tips, templates and interactive activities that will support your skills development.
CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements
How to use this book
Introduction
1. Succeeding in exams and assessments understanding the processes involved in revision and exam-sitting
What markers are looking for
2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work
Physical & mental preparation
3. Physical and mental preparation How to gear up for assessment and exam-sitting
Study styles
4. Your learning personality - How to identify and capitalise on your preferred learning style
5. Studying independently - How to organise yourself and develop good study habits
6. Study buddies - How to work with fellow-students to improve the revision experience
Time management
7. Time management - How to balance study, family, work and leisure when studying and revising
8. Creating a revision timetable - How to get yourself organised for exam study
Revision strategies
9. Focussing your preparation - How to make full use of learning objectives, past papers and other assessment information
10. Exploiting feedback - How to understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work
11. Consolodating your learning - How to revise effectively through active learning
12. Memory tips and techniques - how to develop tools and strategies to help remember information and ideas
Stress Management
13. Dealing positively with stress How to cope with the pressures of university life
14. Combatting exam nerves - How to reduce anxiety and perform well under pressure
As the exam approaches
15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics
16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls
Tackling specific types of exam and assessment
17. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions - How to tackle short-answer formats
18. Numerical questions - How to approach quantitative problems
19. Essay-style assessments - How to maximise your marks
20. Tutorial Assessment How to make your contribution count
21 . Assessments of practical and laboratory work How to improve your marks
References and further reading
Glossary
How to succeed in Exams & Assessments will allow a student to assess and address their particular weaknesses in revising, preparing for and succeeding in academic exams and assessments and delivers detailed tips, techniques and strategies to enable them to significantly improve their abilities and performance in time to make a difference.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.