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Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! Peter Levin

Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! By Peter Levin

Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! by Peter Levin


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This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical sugestions to help you develop good exam-preparation skills and build your confidence, so that you can get results that do justice to the work you've put in.

Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! Summary

Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! by Peter Levin

"A good read. The clear explanations of how to prepare for exams and ways to choose and answer questions are practical and useful."
BA Geography student

"Relevant for exams and how I should approach my studies. It was easy to synthesize the information given - and comforting! My problems don't seem unique to me any more."
MSc Management student

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical suggestions to help you develop good exam-preparation skills and build your confidence, so that you can get results that do justice to the work you've put in.

  • How to use past exam papers
  • How to decode difficult-to-understand exam questions
  • How to structure top-quality answers
  • How to revise effectively
  • How to get in the right frame of mind for exams
  • How to do your best on the day
A must for every student preparing for traditional exams!

About Peter Levin

Dr Peter Levin is an educational developer at LSE. One of his roles is that of teamwork tutor for students working on group projects. Prior to taking up his present position he lectured in social policy at LSE. He is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).

Table of Contents

The strange world of university examinations. READ THIS FIRST!

Introduction

Part One: Using past exam papers

1Get hold of past exam papers

2What to look for in past exam papers

3Unfair questions

4The guessing game: What topics will come up this year?

Part Two: Formulating model answers

5What are examiners looking for?

6Interpreting the question

7Methodology

8Materials

9Drawing up a plan

10An alternative approach: the 'question string'

11Choose your introduction

12Argument or chain of reasoning?

13Writing exam answers: some more suggestions

14Questions for examiners

Part Three: In the run-up to exams

15Revising effectively

16Memorizing

17Make best use of your time

18Getting in the right frame of mind for exams

Part Four: On the day of the exam

19Be organized

Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Additional information

GOR001275424
9780335215768
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Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams! by Peter Levin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Open University Press
2004-09-16
112
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