Essential study skills : the complete guide to success at university / Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Tom, 1959-2024, author.

Sinfield, Sandra, author.

Series:

Student success.

Student success

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Study skills.

Study skills--Undergradute Study Skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Student reference new edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2022.

Summary:

Packed with study tips, activities, templates and quotes from students, this is your essential guide to university, showing you step-by-step how to study effectively and make the best of your time at university. Whether you are going to university straight from school, a mature, or an overseas student studying in the UK for the first time, you'll find out how to: sail through those tricky first weeks, get the most out of lectures by understanding how you learn, learn techniques for academic writing and research, effectively work with others in groups, seminars and workshops, write assignments and pass exams with flying colours, build your CV and plan your next steps after graduation. New to this edition is content on how to thrive at university, learn and research digitally, and how to develop your employability skills.

Contents:

ESSENTIAL STUDY SKILLS - FRONT COVER

ESSENTIAL STUDY SKILLS

COPYRIGHT

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

COMPANION SOCIAL MEDIA SITE

PART ONE - THE STARTER KIT

CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER - 2 HOW TO LEARN, HOW TO STUDY

CHAPTER - 3 HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE

PART TWO - THE SURVIVAL KIT

CHAPTER - 4 HOW TO ENJOY ACADEMIC READING

CHAPTER - 5 HOW TO MAKE THE BEST NOTES

CHAPTER - 6 HOW TO BE ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL

CHAPTER - 7 HOW TO BE REFLECTIVE

CHAPTER - 8 HOW TO GET ON IN GROUPS

CHAPTER - 9 HOW TO BECOME AN EXCELLENT DIGITAL SCHOLAR

PART THREE - THE BIG ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT: ASSESSMENTS - HOW TO EXCEL

CHAPTER - 10 UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO SUCCEED

CHAPTER - 11 HOW TO REFERENCE AND AVOID PLAGIARISM

CHAPTER - 12 HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS

CHAPTER - 13 HOW TO PRODUCE EXCELLENT REPORTS

CHAPTER - 14 HOW TO DEVISE AND DELIVER EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS

CHAPTER - 15 HOW TO REVISE FOR AND PASS EXAMS

PART FOUR - THE EMPLOYABILITY KIT

CHAPTER - 16 EMPLOYABILITY

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING

INDEX.

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ISBN:

1-03-623168-2

1-5297-8364-X

1-5297-8562-6

9781036231682

OCLC:

1338650855

Publisher Number:

T278189