How to improve your assignment results / Colin Neville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neville, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance.

Academic achievement.

Academic writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, Berkshire, Eng. : Open University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are you puzzled by tutor comments on your assignments? Do you want to improve your grades but aren't sure how? Do you want help but don't know where to go or who to ask? If so, then this book will save the day! It will help any student to understand the comments they receive on their assignments and improve their assignment results. The book focuses on the common weaknesses that lecturers highlight when they write comments such as: 'You have not answered the question' 'Your work is more descriptive than critical' 'You did not tell me anything new' 'Your English is weak; it was difficult to fol

Contents:

Front cover; Half Title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Why read this book?; Chapter 1: The shock of poor results; Chapter 2: Interpreting your assignment results; Chapter 3: 'You have not answered or addressed the question'; Chapter 4: 'Your work is more descriptive than critical'; Chapter 5: 'Your assignment was poorly structured'; Chapter 6: 'You did not tell me anything new'; Chapter 7: 'Your reading for this assignment is limited'; Chapter 8: 'You need to improve your referencing'; Chapter 9: 'Your English is week: it was difficult to follow your arguments'

Chapter 10: Finding your own voice in assignments'Chapter 11: Sources of help; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; References; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-96472-7

9786611964726

0-335-23765-7

OCLC:

437107781