Kathleen McMillan, Jonathan Weyers

How to succeed in Exams and Assessments (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780273749615
• Artikelnr.: 56962718

Autorenporträt

Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers work within the University of Dundee's Learning Centre and Academic Affairs Office respectively and have each been teaching for over 25 years and now specialize in supporting academic skills across both the arts and sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1. Succeeding in exams and assessments – understanding the processes
involved in revision and exam-sitting
* 2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work
* 3. Physical and mental preparation – How to gear up for assessment
and exam-sitting
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics
* 16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls
* 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